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How to unlock long-term startup growth in Africa
Africa’s startup ecosystem is alive with promise as entrepreneurs drive innovation across sectors from fintech and healthtech to agri-tech and logistics. Yet beneath this growth lies a critical problem: limited access to capital beyond the early stages and a persistent challenge around liquidity and investor exits. At the heart of this dilemma is a disconnect […]
Nobody’s coming to help, we must build our own future
A few days ago, I shared a graphic on X comparing the Gross Domestic Product of France ($3.05 trillion) with that of the entire African continent ($3.1 trillion). Simple numbers. But the responses? Anything but simple. From Nairobi to Lagos, Accra to Cairo, the comments poured in—a digital wildfire of disbelief, frustration and painful realisation. […]
Ruto’s rise and the making of modern day autocrats
What you need to know: While in London a few days ago, I met with the co-founder of a startup unicorn that had raised more than half-a-billion dollars. I was excited, eager to pick his brain on building startups, and share my own ambitions to contribute to the continent’s transformation. But let’s be honest — […]
Ruto’s fire hose of falsehoods and what it means to Kenyans
What you need to know: Building up from my previous article, Ruto’s rise and the making of modern day autocrats, it is now clear: modern autocrats do not promise utopia, they erase the very idea of it. They don’t inspire people to build a better world; they train them to stop imagining one. The goal […]
For prosperity, build schools not churches
What you need to know: Every Sunday in Kenya, pulpits thunder and churches overflow. But Monday comes, and children return to homes without books, to schools without teachers or to no school at all. We have built sanctuaries of worship across the country, but neglected the temples of knowledge. What kind of faith are we […]
Why Artificial Intelligence can do a better job than Kenyan ministers
In 1995, a man named Clifford Stoll sat at his desk and made a prophecy. He was a tech columnist — one of the supposed sharp minds of the digital age — and yet, with full confidence, he declared that the internet was a passing fad. Online shopping? A joke. Digital books? Please! Reading the news on a screen? Never. […]
What Vietnam’s rise reveals about Kenya’s stagnation
What you need to know: This week, I had the privilege of speaking with Doanh Chau, President of Vietnam Gas/Energy Science Group and Founder of MED21, a healthcare startup based in Silicon Valley. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, you might recall his viral LinkedIn post titled Why Africa Waits While Asia Builds? and […]
Why we must embrace AI, especially in governance
In 1995, a man named Clifford Stoll sat at his desk and made a prophecy. He was a tech columnist, one of the supposed sharp minds of the digital age, and yet, with full confidence, he declared that the internet was a passing fad. Online shopping? A joke. Digital books? Please! His words made it […]
SHA whistleblower Nelson Amenya wins defamation case against tycoon Jayesh
A court in France has dismissed a defamation case that entrepreneur Jayesh Saini filed against Paris-based activist Nelson Amenya, holding that laws on free speech protect discussion of matters of public importance. Mr Saini sued Mr Amenya, claiming that a series of social media posts involving contracts under the controversial transition from the National Health […]
Adani Group exposé
My Adani Exposé: Standing Up for Transparency in Kenya In July 2024, I found myself at the center of a national storm—one that would test my values, my courage, and my commitment to the truth. This is the story of how I uncovered and exposed the secretive $2 billion deal between the Kenyan government and […]