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another african big man won’t leave
Mamadou Tandja, the president of Niger, yesterday announced that he will ignore a court order against a referendum on whether to extend his rule or not after his term expires later this year, adding...
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ruto is a disappointment over mau
Leaders are meant to lead – to set the agenda and make people believe that what is good for them is exactly what they need. On this count, Agriculture minister William Ruto has failed as a leader. On...
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gettleman does it again
Do not get me wrong. Jeffrey Gettleman’s story on the famine in Kenya is as important as any other article on a humanitarian disaster. It is his delivery that sucks. In typical Gettleman fashion (more...
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cannibals in zimbabwe?
The economist reports… “On one occasion, 15 armed invaders, banging on metal objects and chanting war songs, forced their way into Mr Freeth’s house, threatening to burn it to the ground, kill the two...
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lessons not learned
It has been 25 years since the 1984-85 Ethiopian famine that inspired Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to write the song do they know it’s christmas? The Ethiopian government is marking the anniversary in the...
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sunday editorials that I liked
As usual, Mutahi Ngunyi has a provocative piece in the Sunday Nation. I am sort of sympathetic to his idea of ethnic suicide (by which he means dumping ethnic identities and what they stand for) – I...
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please do away with the “omnipresent smells of donkey dung”
Big business and economic development in “pristine lands” is awful. Especially if you grew up with the comforts of indoor plumbing and general over-abundance of the purest hedonistic-capitalist kind....
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What if we killed all the mosquitoes?
It appears that a malaria vaccine will not be available for some time. According to Reuters, “The world’s first potential malaria vaccine proved only 30 percent effective in African babies in a crucial...
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On the quality of higher education (and human capital development) in Africa
This post first appeared on the African Development Bank’s Integrating Africa Blog where I am a regular contributor. UPDATE: I got an email from readers working with the Regional Initiative in Science...
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Some Policy Lessons from COVID-19
It’s has been illuminating watching African governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some lessons I have gleaned from their responses. For those interested, the IMF has a neat summary of...
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