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You fancy yourself as a fair and sensitive commentator, always sure to consider the isms that may blight an otherwise thoughtful opinion. You often call out racism and sexism in articles, essays and news reports especially about Africa. So it comes to you as a shock several people accuse of […]

“The traffic situation in Nairobi has reached unbearable proportions that we need a stakeholders’ conference to chart out short, medium and long term strategies to deal with the situation as an emergency.” Former Kenyan Minister ICT Dr. Bitange Ndemo said recently in his article for the businessdailyafrica.com. Dr.Ndemo’s sentiment depicts […]

  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. However, perhaps more importantly these various regions also offer different investment and economic opportunities. In recent years certain African countries […]

As part of its Trend Monitoring and Horizon Scanning function in the Greater Horn of East Africa, the Society for International Development will organize a Future Day in collaboration with Future Challenges and the Rockefeller Foundation around questions of regional integration – how this is being perceived by its citizens […]

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 was not a completely new experience for me, as I am used to seeing and living between disparities. I was […]