By Mboce Kariuki A $23 Billion Crime Wave Hiding in Plain Sight Wildlife smuggling is currently one of the world’s largest forms of illegal trade, trailing only arms, narcotics, and human trafficking, and generating as much as $23 billion a …
By Musila Muoki Makola is not in Lomé or Ouagadougou I was hunting for a stall in Makola, Accra’s sprawling, chaotic, and magnificent open-air market, when I stopped to ask a trader for directions, thanks to my mother’s appetite …
By Muoki Musila “We Have no Money” Excuse Recently, I had argued that Africa’s development model has a sequencing problem where we sent presidents to Beijing, Baku, and Davos to hunt for capital before considering a count of …
By Muoki Musila As protests disrupted transport systems across Kenya over rising fuel prices, President William Ruto was in Baku, Azerbaijan pursuing long-term productive capital, an attribute rarely prioritized in Africa with the right ambition and urgency. Ruto looked to …
By Musila Muoki Enthusiasm is Not Industrial Policy In 2024, I wrote that Africa had yet to scratch the surface of its pharmaceutical potential in response to a crisis that is both a health issue and a structural economic …
By: Faith Wanja The problem with relying on other countries For a long time, the story of medicine across the continent has been defined by a cycle of ordering and waiting. Africa currently faces 25% of the global health …
Na Francis Nyonzo Sekta isiyo rasmi inaathiri ukusanyaji wa mapato; hata hivyo, fedha za simu zina uwezo wa kubadili simulizi hili. Tuangalie jinsi Tanzania inaweza kuisukuma sekta isiyo rasmi kwa ufanisi kwa kutumia fedha za simu. Msukumo (nudge) unapaswa kuwa …
By Francis Nyonzo. The informal sector affects revenue collection; however, mobile money has the potential to change the story. Let’s see how Tanzania can effectively nudge the informal sector using mobile money. A nudge should include something like a hook …
Katika mijadala ya sera za afya na kazi nchini Tanzania, kuna jambo muhimu ambalo mara nyingi halizingatiwi vya kutosha: mahitaji ya upimaji wa afya kwa wafanyakazi, gharama zinazobebwa na waajiri, na athari kwa wafanyakazi wenyewe na biashara ndogo. Sheria ya …
By: Muoki Musila Not much beyond Yesterday’s “Manifestos” At the launch of Manifesto Yetu, a political statement and a social contract between the Kenyan youth and those that seek to lead them, one would have been optimistic that the age …