Africa’s Rapid Urbanization Provides the Opportunity for Green Building Practices
Globally, buildings are responsible for a substantial share of energy, electricity, water and materials consumption using between 35-40% of energy demand and contributing 37 per cent of world carbon dioxide [...]
OP-ED: Why Kenya's Work Injury Laws Are Crucial for Worker Safety
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), over 2.7 million workers die each year as a result of work-related accidents and diseases. This translates to a daily count of nearly [...]
OP-ED: The Silicon Valley Model' Is Not to Blame for the Death of African Tech Darlings
I have just seen yet another complaint about how the mythical Silicon Valley model in Africa is responsible for startup deaths. Critics have offered this theory as a proverbial sin [...]
Why Social Engineering is Still the Top Cybersecurity Threat – and What to Do About It
Social engineering remains the most pervasive form of cyberattack for one reason – humans are easier to hack into than most machines. Exploiting our psychological, personality or behavioural weaknesses, cybercriminals [...]
Investors vs “Investors”
Most “investors” in Kenya have no incentive to make money. None. To accelerate growth in Africa, we need capital—not deployed from a firehose—but strategically placed by skilled capital allocators incentivized [...]
Fintech Holds the Keys to Overcoming Kenya's Grey Listing
Kenya is a bastion of financial technology innovation, having led the global revolution in mobile money. When news hit the airwaves in February 2024 that Kenya had been ‘grey-listed’ by [...]
How Prosecutors have Weakened the War on Corruption in Kenya
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) wants to drop KSh 7.6 billion fraud charges against Asian businessman Yagnesh Devani and his company, Triton Petroleum Company, in the latest attempt by [...]
Oil Prices Surge on Mounting Geopolitical Tensions
Oil prices surged by 9.1% last week, the biggest increase in a week since March 2023 following escalation of tensions in the Middle East that have spurred jitters of looming [...]Has Venture Capitalism (VC) in Africa Been a Force for Good
Sure, exuberant VCs have written cheques to people who should not have been allowed to hold their neighbour’s wallet for even one second, and surely, people may have been incentivised [...]Mobile Apps for Wealth Managers: What are the Benefits? – Part 2
I've previously mentioned that the main beneficiary of a mobile app for a wealth management firm was the investor client. In my mind this should always be the case but [...]
In Defence of Leapfrogging
Regardless of the sector you look at, you will find compelling debates, essays and arguments that spell out why Africa cannot leapfrog, should not leapfrog, and is wasting time by [...]What Happens When a Startup Collapses?
Startups are precarious enterprises because they rely on equity funds and debts sourced from hawk-eyed investors. While many ideas are brilliant, implementing them remains a pipe dream. Either because they [...]
