October 22, 2026
Somewhere in a compound in Southeast Asia, a university-educated young African is typing fraud scripts he never chose to write. At home, his…
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Many African countries look up to Nigeria for inspiration; President Kagame’s speech during his recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this as much. While making it
By the time of colonialism proper in Africa, a key lesson the colonizers had learned from their previous conquests was that the natives could
When a society is steeped in double standards and materialism, then dissatisfaction arising from unmet expectations, underachievement and retrogression, will be the nonnegotiable outcome.
There’s a startling phenomenon in Kampala’s real estate market. A spectre of empty apartment buildings with no tenants, essentially white tombs, clog the city’s skyline.
“Every colonized people – in other words, every people in whose soul an inferiority complex has been created by the death and burial of
It takes a certain level of bravery to lay down your life for your country. To die for your country. Some see it as the
I once provocatively wrote that Africa has no African story to tell. It was meant as a challenge to the common refrain that “Africans must
There is a word one hears being thrown about quite a lot among the educated elite in Africa. Perhaps it is thrown about quite a
By Nshuti Lucy Mbabazi This week Africa’s leaders of government, private sector and civil society descend on Kigali for the annual Transform Africa Summit. The
Most certainly, the absence of visionary leadership has contributed its share to the challenges that Africa faces. However, we also know that leaders are drawn
Many African countries look up to Nigeria for inspiration; President Kagame’s speech during his recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this as much. While making it
By the time of colonialism proper in Africa, a key lesson the colonizers had learned from their previous conquests was that the natives could
When a society is steeped in double standards and materialism, then dissatisfaction arising from unmet expectations, underachievement and retrogression, will be the nonnegotiable outcome.
There’s a startling phenomenon in Kampala’s real estate market. A spectre of empty apartment buildings with no tenants, essentially white tombs, clog the city’s skyline.
“Every colonized people – in other words, every people in whose soul an inferiority complex has been created by the death and burial of
It takes a certain level of bravery to lay down your life for your country. To die for your country. Some see it as the
I once provocatively wrote that Africa has no African story to tell. It was meant as a challenge to the common refrain that “Africans must
There is a word one hears being thrown about quite a lot among the educated elite in Africa. Perhaps it is thrown about quite a
By Nshuti Lucy Mbabazi This week Africa’s leaders of government, private sector and civil society descend on Kigali for the annual Transform Africa Summit. The
Most certainly, the absence of visionary leadership has contributed its share to the challenges that Africa faces. However, we also know that leaders are drawn
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Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than Read more