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 September 3, 2021 12:43 pm No Comments
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) August 23, 2021 1:24 am 2 Comments
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 August 11, 2021 8:11 pm No Comments
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 July 6, 2021 12:36 pm No Comments
Thoughts that preoccupy me In the course of living my life, I am usually preoccupied with key life questions that guide my thoughts, work and impact. This is June 29, 2021 12:27 pm No Comments
These are ways to make people count A couple of weeks ago, I wrote here about Mama Furaha, a woman that I met that does not officially exist and how many June 24, 2021 1:23 am No Comments
KBC’s Problem is not it’s logo Maybe now it is, a little bit… Kenya’s national TV broadcaster, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) Television has rebranded for the second time in two June 22, 2021 11:56 pm No Comments
There are people who don’t exist (Story 1) The story of Mama Furaha and her group (Kilifi County). There are people who live in Kenya but don’t exist. Mama Furaha is 40 June 9, 2021 5:14 pm One Comment
Beyond the top 1% of Kenyans and the employed, there are Kenyans who don’t exist. A couple of weeks ago, there was an article in the Business Daily that has costed me many nights of sleep and much consternation. April 1, 2021 11:59 am 5 Comments
What Gen Z want us to know about them I have the good fortune of having lived four decades and with the age, I accumulated the experiences to give me the benefit of March 15, 2021 12:18 pm 6 Comments