The Politics of Water Sharing in the Nile Basin
The Nile: There Won’t Be Enough for Everybody Is the post-revolution change in Egyptian leadership bringing about a shift in foreign policy towards the nations of the Nile Basin? The [...]
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Uganda’s remittances blues
Migrant workers’ remittances across the world are receiving special attention due to the increase in movement of people resulting from globalisation. The money sent home by the migrant workers is [...]
Diasporan Kenyans to Vote Online in 2017
Although Kenyans in Diaspora have been ruled out from voting in Kenya’s general elections in March 2013 due to “time and resource constraints,” they could cast their votes online in [...]
Future Day Part 2 – Hear what they say but pay more attention to what they don’t!
This is the second post in a the three-part series of articles looking at the Future Day held recently in Nairobi and organized by Future Challenges, SID East Africa and the Rockefeller [...]
Africa: Solution to Youth Unemployment is Entrepreneurship
Youth unemployment has been on record levels and this isn’t as a result of the recession or austerity measures; but in fact youth unemployment has been on the rise since [...]
Uganda’s oil discovery: Losers and Winners
Uganda will soon join the league of countries producing oil as the pumping of this natural resource begins in 4 years’ time. With about 1.8 billion untapped barrels of oil, [...]
Youth Unemployment and Education in Africa
In the year 2005, Africa’s youth unemployment was at 21 percent, much higher than the world average of 14.4 percent and second only to the Middle East and North Africa [...]
Economic Success in Africa – Are Africa’s Leaders becoming Less Greedy?
In 2005 Robert Guest wrote an article in the Telegraph comparing South Korea and Kenya and the reason why South Korea overtook Kenya in terms of economic growth. The title [...]
Mobile Phones, Internet and Social Media Use in Kenya
In the developed world, communication has been easier as everyone in one way or another has a telephone line even before the coming of mobile phones and internet. The same could [...]
What happens when YOUR problems and MY problems become OUR problems
Julius Nyerere, the first Prime Minister of Tanzania (then Tanganyika) is believed to have been the first prominent politician to discuss the idea of East African Integration. In 1960, when [...]
Jobs Inside Kenya’s Largest Slums
Visiting a slum in Kenya was like stepping into another world, from a humongous five star hotel to crowded, dusty streets. Everything in less than 10 minutes. Being honest, this [...]
Uganda’s Quest for Peace and Joseph Kony
Is peace between individuals and societies possible, or is conflict simply a part of human nature? Does it differ from culture to culture, religion to religion, nation to nation? All [...]
In the Face of a Receding Lake, Water Conflict at the Ethiopia-Kenya Border
The Kenyan government has decided to send 200 additional reserve troops to the Kenya-Ethiopia border in response to Ethiopian militia attacks in the Turkana. At present, tensions are high following [...]
African Gold at London 2012 Olympics
African athletes won 11 GOLD medals and 34 other medals (silver and bronze) in all during the just ended London 2012 Olympics. It wasn’t only David Rudisha and Ezekiel [...]
Infographic: African 2012 Olympic Medals
In my previous article: African Olympic Medal Winners at London 2012 I highlighted on all African sportsmen and women who won various medals at the just ended London 2012 Olympics. [...]
Beyond Big Dreams: How Will the New National Visions and Long-Term Plans Improve the Lives of the Poor and Vulnerable in West Africa?
This article was originally drafted by the African Center for Economic Transformation for the newsletter “West Africa Trends” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, [...]
How African Athletes Performed At Olympics 2012
Writing a review of Africa’s participation in the Olympics has been harder than I imagined. With my country Ghana, the assessment was very simple and could be summed up [...]
Is the Ugandan government holding Sports back?
There is one name that is on everyone’s lips today in Uganda. The man that redeemed Uganda from 40 year old no gold nightmare – Stephen Kiprotich. The 23 [...]
African Olympic Medal Winners at London 2012
Africa’s countries are long time members of the Olympic family with the continent’s nations participating in the modern Olympiad since 1908, when South Africa was the lone sub-Saharan team participating [...]
Flashmob Dance by Kenyans to show the Support for Team Kenya at the Olympics
To mark the beginning of the London Olympics, Kenyans did a street flashmob dance in Nairobi to show their support for Team Kenya at the London 2012 Olympics. If you [...]
Mobile Technology in Africa – A view from afar
According to Microsoft’s Africa Manager – Mteto Nyati, “The opportunities for young people to come up with solutions that address our challenges, using modern tech, are huge. That’s what we [...]
African Innovation Hubs/Labs Promoting Technology on the Continent
Africa is a massive yet diverse continent, with diversity not only in ethnic cultures but also in geographic regions, which offer a variety of climates, vegetation and topographical arrays. [...]
Work in the Developing World: Outsourcing to Nairobi Slums
In the Lead Article, entitled “Work in the Developing World,” I stressed the need for policy, partnership and cooperation across the private, non-profit, and public sectors to create jobs. [...]
Avoiding The Resources Curse – Spotlight on Oil in Kenya
Kenya is on the brink of joining the league of endowed oil producers with the striking of further oil deposits in the remote Turkana County. According to Kenyan blogger, Kennedy [...]
Mobiles For Development in Africa – Talk and Discussion by Kentaro Toyama
Mobile development in Africa especially in Sub-Saharan Africa has boomed over the past five years with a growth rate of 550%. The African market does not merely offer hope in [...]
