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Africa: Data Breaches Are Mounting in Africa. Here's How to Stop Them
Opinion - Africa's future depends on both better data and a data governance framework to encourage innovation and better decision-making → Read More
Make use of postal services to sustain local economies
A Nigerian advert is stoking controversy on Africa’s priorities. → Read More
Why Africa must offer much more support to women in technology
Hillary Clinton once said that women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. This reservoir can be tapped if we address issues of mentorship and equality. → Read More
Focus on devolution may undermine country competitiveness
Our leadership wants resources at the county, not to grow future revenue sources but to spend. → Read More
We should avoid investing in 'dead capital'
Investments in shanty areas are largely dead capital since they cannot use the property to raise capital. → Read More
On revenue allocation, use data not politics
For weeks now, the Senate has been politicking to find the right formula to allocate revenues to County Governments. Politics, however, is not a science. To determine the best way to allocate... → Read More
Try alternative education methods
We cannot use the well-tested road, but there is an alternative. → Read More
Emulating animals on leadership
George Bernard Shaw made the following observation: “If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” → Read More
Anticipating better jobs in future
What I have noted is that people are anticipating better jobs in the future. → Read More
We can pick a few leadership lessons from animals
The lion does little in the hunt but eats first; wild dogs share out the kill equally. What type of leaders is our society breeding? → Read More
A George Floyd opportunity to deal with injustices
A George Floyd opportunity to deal with injustices → Read More
Bad politics is slowly inciting the public
The ongoing purge in political parties in Kenya is precipitating bad talk both in social media and in normal circles. We have become judgmental of others. We have forgotten the virtue of diversity and tolerance even in the face of adversity. I heard two politicians shamelessly discussing their displeasure against one ethnic group in Kenya, with all manner of hate speech directed at the entire… → Read More
Help youths transition from school to work
Last week, I had the privilege of giving a talk to 40 youths who graduated from high school in 2019. None of them is going to University. The majority was part of the 563,479 who qualified for Technical and Vocational Training Institutions. A few were from the 125,449 that qualified to join universities but have no faith in degree courses anymore. An additional 10,817 failed the national exam… → Read More
We must safeguard our food systems through and beyond the crisis
We must safeguard our food systems through and beyond the crisis → Read More
Constitution drum beats unnecessary distractions from pandemic
Constitution drum beats unnecessary distractions from pandemic → Read More
Shaping the post-Covid-19 economy
With no cure in sight, it is now almost certain that Covid-19 is going to linger around for some time. We must therefore learn to live with it, for life must go on. This calls for a new way of thinking in order to mange the crisis as well as the economy. Locally, as well as most in countries of Africa, the rate of infection continues to rise, with real fear that if the continent does not… → Read More
Shaping the post-Covid-19 economy
With no cure in sight, it is now almost certain that Covid-19 is going to linger around for some time. We must therefore learn to live with it, for life must go on. This calls for a new way of thinking in order to mange the crisis as well as the economy. Locally, as well as most in countries of Africa, the rate of infection continues to rise, with real fear that if the continent does not… → Read More
Africa: World Bank Shooting for the Moon in Africa Poverty Fight
Opinion - The World Bank is betting on digital transformation to rescue Africa from the throes of poverty. → Read More
NDEMO: Only a new educational orientation guarantees a place in
Technology has disrupted the work flour; we need new skills to survive. → Read More
NDEMO: Let’s embrace evidence-based policymaking
With big data, rationality will replace popularity in public policy. → Read More