All articles in 'Perspectives'


Beyond the Rhetoric: Africa Goes to Washington

Finally, President Obama extended an invitation to African nations to participate in a S...

11th August 2014
Geopolitics: Why Africa Must Create Its Own Dream

Africans cannot be said to be rising while they are riding on the dreams of established markets. The...

12th August 2014
Have We Let Africa Down?

The only way out is to inaugurate Africa’s next phase of liberation after the political one, namely...

12th August 2014
US-Africa Ties Strengthen Africa’s Bargain With Ch...

There have been muted and chilly undertones by Africa’s leadership, businesses and citizenry about C...

18th August 2014
President Uhuru's Duty Waiver for Cars: The Pitfal...

I challenge Kenyans in the Diaspora to first learn about our import rules on motor vehicles.

18th August 2014
Empowering African Business Women

Women’s economic empowerment is not only a key challenge for women but a development co...

18th August 2014
Somalia and the 'Ugly Clan Federalism'

Mohamud M Uluso’s latest article, ‘Ugly Clan Federalism Sparks Fresh Turmoil,” is way off the mark o...

18th August 2014
Towards An African Liberation Economics

The social market economy seeks a middle path between socialism and laissez-faire economic liberalis...

19th August 2014
South Africa: The Quest for Cohesion

Social cohesion goes beyond mere slogans and lofty platitudes about unity and nationhood.

25th August 2014
US-Africa Summit: Is US Playing Catch-Up?

The West may be forced by facts, created by the non-West, to change its attitude towards Africa.

25th August 2014
Africa's Creation of its Own Dream: A Critique

Time is up, if not long-overdue, for Africans to get up from the time-poverty slumber!

25th August 2014
Foreign Capital Delusion: Why SMEs Should Be Cauti...

It helps to raise capital for your business. But the myth that a foreigner will more likely fund you...

26th August 2014
Factors Hindering the African Renaissance

For the leaders of the African Union and Heads of African governments, African renaissance is a perf...

27th August 2014
Women: Creating the Africa We Want

Women make up just over 50% of Africa’s growing population and their under-representation in social,...

1st September 2014
Africa’s Sovereign Debt Rally: Spectacular Footste...

Africa is almost fully out of the donor aid dependency days.Its competitiveness on the global space...

2nd September 2014
Consumptive Politics: Africa's Bane

Arguably, an economy that places productive property in private hands invariably confers great wealt...

8th September 2014
Africa’s Financial Markets: Looming Crisis

Can the Sub-Saharan African states strengthen the macro-economic fundamentals that buffered them aga...

8th September 2014
Role of Information Partners in Policy Influence

The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization (STIPRO) is a Tanzan...

22nd September 2014
Excuses: Africa's Undoing

If Africans do not respect and carry themselves with dignity, they will never attract respect and or...

22nd September 2014
Rethinking Africa’s Engagement With the World

There is no rule that says Africa has to be poor or dependent. If there is one, Africans should reve...

16th September 2014
Peace in South Sudan is Achievable and Desirable

Signing an agreement is one thing. Fulfilling its requirements is another. The signing o...

16th September 2014
Chasing A Dream: Can it Ruin Career?

When we are growing up, our parents teach us to ‘work hard, get good grades, graduate with first cla...

16th September 2014
Economy Transforming Mindset

We need to start with a conversation about the attitudes required to find solutions and get things d...

23rd September 2014
The Global Business Case of Diversity: An Engineer...

Good Leaders value differences and they use these differences to get rid of statistical (and psychol...

23rd September 2014
How to Make Africans' Dreams Valid: Thought Leader...

Key Outcomes of the 4th IREN Eastern African Thought Leaders Forum on How to Make Africans’ Dreams V...

23rd September 2014
Change: The Inevitable Constant

Time and time again, history has shown us that the changing of a world begins with the power that re...

29th September 2014
Political Irrationality: A Check List

It is axiomatic that the attribute of being rational is what sets humans apart from othe...

29th September 2014
Who is an African?

Are there levels of “African-ness” and are some more African than others? Who allots this African-ne...

30th September 2014
Africa: The Search for Identity

What we have battled with as Africans is to nurture our own African identity and to understand that...

7th October 2014
World Bank Should Give Ubuntu a Chance in Africa

Africa’s indigenous market’s values need reconstruction, refining and repositioning to enable the co...

7th October 2014
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