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 …
Al Kags Articles.
By Al Kags I. A Nation in the Mirror On the night of October 29th, as a curfew descended on Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, a familiar pattern unfolded: frightened elites invoked “security,” the internet slowed to a crawl, and …
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 …
Yesterday, Kenya bore witness to an egregious display of state overreach as police responded violently to peaceful #EndFemicide protests. What should have been an earnest outcry against gender-based violence turned into a stark reminder of another pervasive menace: the shrinking …
As all politics is local, so too is sustainable development. National policy frameworks often miss the mark, leaving people behind in a world that thrives on diversity. I have worked on subnational development projects for the past 12 years, and …