Leadership - Al Kags — Strategist, Social Entrepreneur, Writer

June 12, 2018

Can youth speak for themselves?

Are youth capable of leading Africa out of trouble? I recently heard President Olusegun Obasanjo, formerly of Nigeria speak of a letter that he received from a 27 year old young lady (given his advanced age, he called her a girl, and to him she ...

April 15, 2018

Loneliness at the top is a real thing – CEOs and Leaders struggle in deathly silence.

Recently, I saw a Facebook post by Nairobi Governor, Mike Sonko and I sympathised with him. I generally have not had very high thoughts of Mr. Sonko and I have written about my varying views of him here and here and here before. But seeing ...

November 14, 2017

#ApostADay: Taking up the Challenge and leading ladies.

At work, I have some ladies who I often refer to as "my ladies". In the early days of the Open Institute's life, we were very male and undiverse. As we grew, we made a decision to strengthen our gender diversity by prefering to employ ...

August 7, 2014

Experiences from the Washington Fellowship

Here are some posts of my experiences as a young African leader participating in the Washington Fellowship. It has been a very rewarding few weeks - life changing in fact. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s); if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); ...

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Can youth speak for themselves?

Loneliness at the top is a real thing – CEOs and Leaders struggle in deathly silence.

#ApostADay: Taking up the Challenge and leading ladies.

Experiences from the Washington Fellowship

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