Development
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Reversing Permanent Backwardness |
| When the human resource is not developed, it will be stuck; but in the end it may mean slavery, or worse, extermination. There is no parking slot for fools in the world. No one is going to say, “This one is a fool, let us allot him his slot until 200 years from now.”... |
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Western Intellectuals Killing the African Dream |
| African intellectuals are a big let down. When will they independently scrutinize some of these so-called international standards to establish whether a whole generation of people is being destroyed in the name of the environment?... |
Q&A
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Lessons from Job Hunting |
| Do not stay idle. Most people want to be employed. Devise means of employing yourself. Be inventive and innovative.... |
Profiles
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History of Equatorial Guinea |
| Throughout the period of Spanish rule most of the mainland region remained unexplored, with the Spanish venturing into the interior in the 1920s. Only after the Spanish civil war ended in 1939 did the colonial power begin developing the region in earnest.... |
Environment
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Dry Lessons from Drought |
| Water scarcity has a negative affect on the economy. It puts off foreign investors, caps agriculture and manufacturing production and hampers the creation of jobs. As Kenyans and Africans by extension fit in an oft repeated church recital: As it was in the beginning, so it is now, and will be forever, Amen, may drought quickly arouse us from our slumber of a thousand minor cares at the expense of major cares!... |
Commentary
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Managing Leaders |
| What was done was done. It behooves us as Africans to map our own future, and stop looking to the outside world for help when we can help ourselves. If we are unable to, well then, let's stop pretending. We are nation-states capable of independently running our affairs….this dependency must stop!... |
Finance and Banking
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Kenya’s Market Mess |
| The issue in our markets today, just like in any of the global markets is; should we cash in on the market inefficiency or encourage professionalism and thorough market research that will move investors from trends to a solid and more grounded investing that has an inclination to long term positive gains?... |
Health
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Sickness Plagues the Health Sector |
| Whether insurance systems are involved or not, hospitals and doctors may have financial incentives to use increased resources in providing patient care. This is referred to as provider-induced demand. Where services are needed, increased demand can be good; however, financial incentives sometimes cause doctors to provide unnecessary treatments, or marginally useful diagnostic tests.... |
Agriculture
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The Threat of Antiscience Zealotry |
| Extreme environmental elitists seem to be doing everything they can to derail scientific progress. Small, well-financed, vociferous, and antiscience groups are threatening the development and application of new technology, whether it is developed from biotechnology or more conventional methods of agricultural science.... |
Report
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TI: The West is Corrupting Africa |
| It is inherently inconsistent to call for the cancellation of Africa's debts while much of the money originally lent, is ODIOUS, and remains illegally invested or banked in privately held accounts abroad.... |
