in Society, Technology, world view
On the realities of farming and the challenges of funders
I have been a farmer for about eight months, having moved to Malindi my home town at the beginning of the year. Before that I was a typical city dweller in Nairobi. I was fortunate to be living in a nice neighbourhood and had an office not far from the president’s State House. In a …
Most Useful Farming Facebook Groups in Kenya (for me)
I don’t usually do lists, or advice, but I thought I might share some of the Facebook Groups that I have found to be most useful for me as a new farmer. This is a basic list with no order. Africa Farmers – Most relevant content and a large community of practicing farmers with useful …
Thinking about Hewlett Foundation’s Strategy and Decolonising Philanthropy
In this blogpost, I decided to be a bit presumptive – to pronounce myself on the idea of decolonising development (and by extension, philanthropy) and to make comments on Hewlett Foundation’s Transparency Participation and Accountability Strategy for the coming five years. First, A Short story “What do you fund?” A relative of mine has been …
A teenager’s pregnancy changed the destinies of two people forever.
Here’s the story of how Benjamin Katana dropped out of school to become a breadwinner When I started telling you the stories of Kenyans who don’t exist despite the fact that you see them every day as you walk and drive around, I started with this blogpost in which there was a story of Katana, …
To thrive, professionals must go rural
This week I took interest in seeing a tweet by an engineer who I understood to express tongue-in-cheek, her frustration in being unable to find “innovative engineering” work. This, she said, despite having gone to university for 5 years. I took a moment to ask her what she meant by “Innovative engineering” and she defined …
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