Working from home: how professional growth could be stunted
In my last blog post, I intimated that our organisation, The Open Institute, has resolved to close our offices and for all of our staff to work from home. Based on this, I talked about my considering to move to shags (back to the village whence I came) to continue to work from there and …
What if I moved to the village?
2021 is promising to be a year of some fundamental changes for me. It started with our organisation implementing a decision for our team to permanently work from home, as a means for us to stay safe, but also for our programming to start to spread across the African continent even more. The year also …
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The Age of the buffoon leader is over
Back in 2013, I wondered whether in the likes of Gideon Mike Mbuvi Sonko, we were in for a new kind of leader. The former Nairobi governor has been severally featured on this blog. I have consistently taken the view that he is a buffoon and a fraud. In that last blog, you will see …
Me on Entrepreneurship
As featured on the Talk Africa Podcast I had the good fortune of being featured recently on Entrepreneurs’ Talk Africa podcast, in which I was interviewed by Jason Delorie. I had the opportunity to reflect on the challenges of entrepreneurs’ dealings with government and how I have navigated these challenges, in the couse of my …
Knowing my father – my Engage Talk
Also see: I accept. Farewell, Sensei. This is the story of me and my biological father as told at Engage 30.