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And once again South Africa leads…!

Going to South Africa is normally a fairly daunting experience for most Africans.  Not much about it is “standard” African issue: not the cities, not the lifestyle – certainly not the economy. Even their problems are closer to being European than African. In many ways, ...

So has anyone ever heard of Endomol?

Yeah me neither. Initially, it sounded to me like a new drug being introduced in East Africa. Well I actually did some research and found out what Endomol is. Endomol is a production company based in South Africa that specializes in facilitating content for a ...

The Voice of the young

Many of us have been 25 once. Many of us hustled and scrounged to get by at that age. Some of us, had an entrepreneural spirit that we persistently fueled until life said to us, succumb and we got back into the mainstream. A few of ...

The Question urbanisation

As part of the discussion on hawkers & others By Udi Waithaka  The question of urbanisation is an interesting one especially in the case of sub-saharan Africa. It is estimated that about 36% of Africa’s population lives in urban areas and according to the BBC, Africa ...

The Reality in Zimbabwe

By Eddie Lambo  Kenya went through this in the eighties. South Africa went through this during apartheid. Virtually every country in Africa has gove through this sort of pain. Why is it that Africa is not doing anything about this? When people were dying in Rwanda, the ...

The Question of Hawkers & Others

The question of hawkers in Nairobi (and other parts of Africa) is a touchy one for most Kenyans. The running battles that they constantly have with City Council askaris bring about emotive discussions about how badly the "downtodden" are treated, where are these people meant to ...

Inside Kenya’s Remand Prisons

By Al Kags (First Published in the Standard) Nairobi — Despite the encouraging news about improved conditions, Kenyan prisons still have a long way to go. This verbatim account narrated to AL KAGS by an inmate who spent 12 days in the Industrial Area remand prison, Nairobi, explains ...