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Imagination, Power, and the Price of Being Legible

Listen to this article. I read David McNair's article, calling for "imagination to update the purposes, structures, and systems of outmoded institutions to make them fit for today’s world", with much interest. In fact, I sat with this article for several days. By the end, I ...

Confound the System: How African Youth Can Redefine Trade

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 and Seychelles import meat. Nigeria ...

Micro-Concessioning – An Idea to Revitalising Public Facilities

The Future of Public Services: Embracing Concessioning for Effective Delivery #LongRead Governments face immense pressure to deliver top-notch public services in today's fast-paced world. Yet, many public facilities—such as healthcare centres and police stations—struggle with underfunding, poor maintenance, and outdated infrastructure. This results in a significant gap ...

Getting off my ass to write

I am an avid advocate for people to write. In fact, I push people that I mentor to write often. Yet here I am, finally getting off my ass and out of my way to write after a lull of several months. What happens to ...

Michael Joseph Leaves Safaricom after 23 years

Kenyans have much to thank him for Michael Joseph, the legendary corporate leader who led Safaricom to be the most successful company in East Africa, has left Safaricom's board. I first met Michael Joseph in 2010 when I was running the Elimisha US initiative, which was ...

The Worldcoin deception in Kenya

Crypto aside, this was extraction of Kenyans biometric data for profit Over the past few weeks, I have had a bee in the bonnet. As were many Kenyans, I was intrigued that there were queues of people in Nairobi who were having their irises scanned in ...

Reflections from IGF2022: The opportunity for Africa

See #IGF2022 reflections on Digital Reflections Last week, I attended the Internet Governance Forum (IGF2022). By the end of it, I have had several reflections about what the opportunities there are for Africa. These are the conversations that I am really hoping to have and hear ...