How To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 1): The Background
On June 14, President Barak Obama unveiled a 4-pillar development strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. They are: 1. Strengthen Democratic Institutions 2. Spur Economic Growth, Trade, and Investment 3....
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 2): The International Efforts
First, the international efforts. Africa’s plight seems to follow a ten-year attention deficit cycle. Every decade or so, mega-plans are drawn up and rock concerts held to whip up international rescue...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 3): Live Aid, G-8 and more…
Rock and movie stars also hopped onto the aid bandwagon. Back in 1985, there was “Live Aid” intended to save the famine victims in Ethiopia and a “Special Session on Africa” held by the United Nations...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 4): China’s 5-Point Agenda
Sensing an opportunity with the G-8 in disarray, China declared 2006 as the “Year for Africa” and convened an Africa Conference in Beijing in October. To feed the voracious appetite of its economic...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 5): Africa’s Own Initiatives — NEPAD
Africa’s Own Mega-Plans. Since independence, African leaders have announced all sorts of grandiose initiatives and mega-plans at various summits. Nothing subsequently was heard of them after the...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 6): US-Africa Aid Programs
The U.S., for its part, has also crafted three special initiatives to help Africa since the 1990s. The basic reason why many well-intentioned aid programs came to grief was that the commitment on the...
View ArticleU.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Professor George Ayittey
‘The Obama administration says it is launching a new partnership with sub-Saharan Africa to improve democracy, economic growth, security and trade in the region.’ VOA News. You can download the U.S....
View ArticleTech 4 Traffic: Insights,Platforms and Suggestions (Part 1)
Two months ago, I challenged myself (and others) to translate one online conversation,rant or suggestion I had started/participated in/offered into an offline action. This was in a bid to prove to...
View ArticleTech 4 Traffic: Insights, Platforms and Suggestions (Part 2)
In Part 1 of the series, the tech-driven platforms showcased at the Tech 4 Traffic event were profiled. The fact that from a policy perspective, we have the problem figured out all wrong was also...
View ArticleTech 4 Traffic: Insights, Platforms and Suggestions (Part 3)
SUGGESTIONS: Here are some of the propositions Dr Aligula and the KIPPRA team have offered for improving public transport: A Nairobi Bus Rapid Transit System. (Listed here as an investment...
View ArticleKenya’s Traffic Rules…And Fines
Catch up with the rules and fines in a series of 140 characters. Be informed...or warned.
View ArticleArt Attack: Reclaiming Art
Art is not a preserve for those who fail or aren’t good at ‘everything else’! Art is the revolution! If nothing else sinks in, let this be the take away! Society has been perpetrating this notion that...
View ArticleHighlights from the Highway Africa 2013 (#Highway13) Conference: Speaking...
Media Management in The New Age Session Highlights. Presentations by Jude Mathurine, New Media Lecturer , Rhodes University and Chaacha Mwita, Thomson Foundation
View ArticleThe Future of Cyberspace in Kenya
(As first posted on Medium). The Global Conference on Cyberspace, hosted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 16th and 17th April, 2015, was a very interesting one to have attended. The convening drew...
View ArticleOn Writing about Tech in Africa
(As posted on Medium) Read an article (on international media) lately about some tech startup or innovation in Africa? Have the words “disrupt”, “revolutionise”, or phrases like “the next big thing”...
View ArticleWhat About the People?
Many democratic societies today are grappling with upholding and defending free speech, as well as drawing the lines on where it crosses over to hate, or even dangerous speech. Hate speech remains a...
View ArticleShould Government Regulate Social Media in Kenya?
In the past week, we have seen one faux-pas in an Embakasi digital prayer cell group go viral, and the private recordings of a private affair between a DJ and a woman become a matter of ‘public...
View ArticleTaking Free Basics in Kenya for a spin.
(As posted on Medium). I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. At iHub, we believe in having user experience at the heart of consumer-facing technology. Also, I’ve heard many a Facebook exec counter...
View ArticleSocial Media and Journalism: A Changing Media Landscape in Kenya
In 2014, I had the pleasure of contributing to a fascinating production titled Exploring Kenya’s Media Policy Landscape: 1963-2013. Commissioned by the Media Policy Research Centre, I was tasked with...
View ArticleCyber Security and Cyber Resilience in East Africa
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of co-authoring a so-titled paper with Dr. Iginio Gagliardone, for the The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). It was a useful exercise in...
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