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Power, People, and Practical Pan-Africanism

Al KagsMeOctober 21, 2025

A response to Ken Opalo’s call for stronger African international organisations Ken Opalo, an Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (pictured) wrote one of the sharpest analyses I’ve seen on why African international organisations …

Goodbye, Baba

Al KagsMeOctober 15, 2025

When I heard today that Raila Odinga had died, a silence settled across Kenya—not the silence of relief, not the silence of closure, but the silence of an unresolved conversation. Raila’s life never allowed closure. It demanded ongoing debate. There …

The Grassroots Revolution: Why Sustainable Development Must Bloom from Below

Al KagsMeMay 13, 2025

The well-intentioned grand strategies of sustainable development often commit a cardinal sin: they mistake the map for the territory. We frequently hear pronouncements from polished boardrooms and echo chambers of bureaucratic offices, yet the undeniable truth, often whispered but rarely …

Confound the System: How African Youth Can Redefine Trade

Al KagsMeApril 14, 2025

Africa imports what it can produce. Yet there’s an opportunity for Africa to do a revolution in trade. Ghana gets milk from the Netherlands. Kenya brings in apples, grapes, aloe vera, and neem—plants that flourish in its own soil. Mauritius …

Today’s “Empower is the same as yesterday’s “Civilize”

Al KagsMeApril 1, 2025

The word falls effortlessly from the lips of diplomats, donors, and do-gooders alike — empower. We must empower the poor. Empower women. Empower marginalised communities. It’s a term that glitters with good intentions, polished by decades of development-speak. But peer …

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Power, People, and Practical Pan-Africanism

Goodbye, Baba

The Grassroots Revolution: Why Sustainable Development Must Bloom from Below

Confound the System: How African Youth Can Redefine Trade

Today’s “Empower is the same as yesterday’s “Civilize”

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Power, People, and Practical Pan-Africanism

Goodbye, Baba

The Grassroots Revolution: Why Sustainable Development Must Bloom from Below

Confound the System: How African Youth Can Redefine Trade

Today’s “Empower is the same as yesterday’s “Civilize”

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