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Nobel Prize 2024: Key economics lessons for Kenya, rest of Africa

Could there be another factor X beyond institutions that explain economic growth? How will AI and other emerging technologies upend economic growth models like Solow’s?

Nobel Prize 2024: Key economics lessons for Kenya, rest of Africa

Who makes it on my list of heroes?

Who makes it on my list of heroes?

Life is hard but hustlers have put their ingenuity into use

Life is hard but hustlers have put their ingenuity into use

Why Kenya won't be spared if war escalates in the Middle East

Why Kenya won't be spared if war escalates in the Middle East

Is Nairobi becoming a five-star city?

Is Nairobi slowly becoming a five-star city, out of reach for ordinary Kenyans? It has better roads, power connections, water, schools, and universities (too few!).

Is Nairobi becoming a five-star city?

Trees have memory that offers us lessons

As we think of reversing climatic change, we must plant appropriate trees, more at home with our climate

Trees have memory that offers us lessons

Why Kenya should be renamed Dramastan or Sarakasistan

If it’s not Gen Z demonstrating or disappearing, it’s drama over airport leasing, national health insurance, university funding, housing fund, new Cabinet and now impeachment

Why Kenya should be renamed Dramastan or Sarakasistan

China at 75: Any lessons for Kenya?

China has used history and past experiences to fire patriotism and national pride, while we use history to mine grudges and belittle others

China at 75: Any lessons for Kenya?

Trees have memory that offers some lessons

Like trees, changing is hard. Look at our politics, our workplace, our homes, and even ourselves. Even when change is positive, we resist it.

Trees have memory that offers some lessons

Why we should give an award to this hustler

This hustler, or better entrepreneur selling loofahs along Koinange Street should be rewarded for creativity and innovation.

Why we should give an award to this hustler

There's more to JKIA-Adani saga than the money

The country has always been a magnet for foreigners and their interests because there is a widely held belief that other people are better than us and have superior managerial skills

There's more to JKIA-Adani saga than the money

Religion is an enigma in political, economic power

Religion was a big factor in Kenya’s 2022 polls and many pundits believe the results would have been different without religion, mostly Christianity

Religion is an enigma in political, economic power

Car models an indicator of our state of economy

The rise in the value of the dollar made the cars more expensive, and buyers simply downgraded to smaller cars

Car models an indicator of our state of economy

No quick fixes for education sector woes

Industrial action is not just about money and singing “Solidarity forever,” It’s about real people, their families and their future.

No quick fixes for education sector woes

Kyrgyzstan and Kenya have much in common

Kyrgiz citizens are very courteous, extreme poverty and inequality are not noticeable even in the rural areas

Kyrgyzstan and Kenya have much in common

Long shadow of fear stalking the country will ruin economy

In the aftermath of Gen Z protests, a long shadow of fear stalks our no longer young nation.

Long shadow of fear stalking the country will ruin economy

The long shadow of fear stalking the country will ruin economy

The fear seems to compete favourably with Covid-19 or the floods earlier in the year, the two other disasters that recently shocked our faith in science and ourselves.

The long shadow of fear stalking the country will ruin economy

Hustling in old age: Let's learn from developed nations

We have to think of the elderly more than in the past. We love talking of the youth bulge in Africa, which will one day turn into an elderly bulge. We better prepare for it.

Hustling in old age: Let's learn from developed nations

Want to motivate the next generation? Good luck with that

Parents give children what they never had, in plenty. The problem with this approach is that material things never satisfy.

Want to motivate the next generation? Good luck with that

Will China outdo the West in transforming Africa?

Africa has been babysat for too long, it’s time we stood on our own like other countries. We have the resources and the brains.

Will China outdo the West in transforming Africa?

Forum on China-Africa cooperation: What's there for Kenya and Africa?

China wants to engage Africa through partnerships, cooperation and shared prosperity to outdo the West, which is often seen as more paternalistic.

Forum on China-Africa cooperation: What's there for Kenya and Africa?

Tough world: Let's spare a thought for elderly hustlers

The elderly deserve to age gracefully for the great job they have done for their country and their children.

Tough world: Let's spare a thought for elderly hustlers

City status craze should translate into tangible benefits for regions

Kenya now boasts five cities. Nairobi is no longer lonely at the top. It is assumed that attaining city status attracts investors. That calls for more than a change in status.

City status craze should translate into tangible benefits for regions

As Raila Odinga goes global, his political shadow will still loom large locally

Raila is like water which can exist in liquid, solid, or gas depending on the circumstances. Anytime political circumstances change, he also changes, ensuring his longevity.

As Raila Odinga goes global, his political shadow will still loom large locally

Bottlenecks: why It's more than just bottles

Think of the bottlenecks M-Pesa removed. What bottlenecks do we need to remove in your sector? Are you a victim or perpetrator of bottlenecks?

By 2 months ago

Bottlenecks: why It's more than just bottles

How digital revolution sent the post office on its deathbed

Think of it: Amazon, for all its success, has mimicked the post office. Amazon delivers your shopping just like the post office delivers letters.

By 2 months ago

How digital revolution sent the post office on its deathbed

On investment, the missing link is local

Being a foreign investor shields you from local issues like harambees, negative publicity and petty jealousy. They are placed on a higher pedestal courted in palaces.

By 2 months ago

On investment, the missing link is local

Nane Nane demos: An eye witness account and its likely impact on economy

While there were no riots, the economy felt it. Many Kenyans stayed at home. Empty roads and closed shops mean lost sales and an economic slowdown.

By 2 months ago

Nane Nane demos: An eye witness account and its likely impact on economy

Truth be told, Social sciences have their soft underbelly too

Can we remove early human studies from the syllabus? Why should I know what early humans ate but not why tribalism and racism thrive in the age of the internet and space travel?

By 2 months ago

Truth be told, Social sciences have their soft underbelly too

Why Kenya feels like the year 1938

One thing seems to us hostage; tribalism. I have agonised to understand tribalism and why it has co-existed with modernism. Why are we so modern but still tied to our tribal roots?

By 2 months ago

Why Kenya feels like the year 1938

When will Kenyan hustlers start owning electric cars?

Electric cars are the future; everyone seems to agree. Their adoption is driven by climatic change and the reality we rarely want to face, one day the world will run out of oil.

By 2 months ago

When will Kenyan hustlers start owning electric cars?

We have changed Constitution, why not our teaching styles?

Failing to link subject areas is a major flaw in our education system. Another issue is failing to show practical applications.

By 2 months ago

We have changed Constitution, why not our teaching styles?

Kabete National Polytechnic marks 100 years - and why it matters to me

The Kabete National Polytechnic is 100 years old. In that century, it has gone through mutations from native industrial training depot (NITD), the reason the small town next to it is called N.

By 2 months ago

Kabete National Polytechnic marks 100 years - and why it matters to me

Did Pi make you a hustler?

Maths has the highest number of lessons per week.

By 2 months ago

Did Pi make you a hustler?

Will it be Trump or Kamala? Why we should care about the US poll

In four months, the USA will go to the polls. Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be the next US president. Should we bother with who will be the next US president?

By 2 months ago

Will it be Trump or Kamala? Why we should care about the US poll

Why the new Ruto Cabinet should not spin your head

By reappointing some old faces, the president gave a coded message; I am the president. Gen Z and others can make their demands but the buck stops with him.

By 2 months ago

Why the new Ruto Cabinet should not spin your head

Why horses never cease to fascinate me despite newer innovations

After Uhuru (independence), we found horses in movies and the Jockey Club of Kenya. A few can be found in Upper Kabete, for veterinary or equine research.

By 2 months ago

Why horses never cease to fascinate me despite newer innovations

Ruto's poisoned economic chalices that he must confront

By winning the 2022 presidential polls, the Kenya Kwanza (KK) coalition ingested several poisoned economic chalices. The first chalice was the national debt.

By 2 months ago

Ruto's poisoned economic chalices that he must confront

Will Gen Z's core message catch on for the rest of us older folk?

There is a feeling that Generation Z is “running” the country going by some of President William Ruto’s decisions after their protests.

By 3 months ago

Will Gen Z's core message catch on for the rest of us older folk?

Why Kenya's Gen Z protests take us back to Europe in early 16th Century

The Gen Z protests had a mixture of reformation, renaissance and industrial revolution.

By 3 months ago

Why Kenya's Gen Z protests take us back to Europe in early 16th Century

Ladies with 'rungus' on Nairobi streets: Boldness or desperation?

Would you celebrate seeing your wife or girlfriend armed with a rungu? Despite changing gender roles, our women deserve better than defending premises using rungus.

By 3 months ago

Ladies with 'rungus' on Nairobi streets: Boldness or desperation?

Gen Z protests: The difficult question that no one seems to have an answer

By raising taxes and prudently using them, we could one day pay all debts and hopefully start lending money to other countries.

By 3 months ago

Gen Z protests: The difficult question that no one seems to have an answer

Tuesday protests: How Google map saved the situation

Watching live TV streaming and events in town, I realised what I had left behind in town. Law and order can easily break down.

By 3 months ago

Tuesday protests: How Google map saved the situation

To pacify Gen Z, we have to right our economic wrongs

No Kenyan is saying no to taxes. They just want to know where their hard-earned tax goes.

By 3 months ago

To pacify Gen Z, we have to right our economic wrongs

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