Two weeks ago, I participated in the 10th KenGen Global Innovation Seminar whose theme was ‘‘Innovating Beyond the next Decade’’. The discussions struck a deep chord...
In 2005, with the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala approaching, the Uganda government launched a campaign to promote the country internationally. Dubbed “Gifted by...
If I spoke too soon when I gave Kenya’s electoral governing body a clean bill of health over the organization and running of this year’s General...
As Kenya’s August 9 approached, there were two very contradictory scenes at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). If you arrived on a late evening or early...
Like graceful, snowy egrets basking in the afternoon light, the Pyrates Confraternity sailed out last week on the streets of Lagos. In white and scarlet, they...
The global economy is witnessing an unprecedented motion in the value of the euro, as its exchange rate has reached levels not seen since the early...
To understand the profligacy, indiscretion and misplaced priority in the purchase of N1.14bn ($2.7m)-worth 10 luxury vehicles by the MuhammaduBuhari government for neighbouring Niger Republic, ostensibly...
In July 1962, after a 132-year-long occupation by France and a fierce 8-year-long national liberation war against the French, Algeria obtained its independence and became a...
Kenya goes to the polls this week, keeping up East Africa’s election-rich run. In 2020 both Burundi and Tanzania had general elections. In 2021 it was Uganda’s...
One German said that before the war, they used to carry money in the pocket to go buy food in baskets, later they ended up taking...