Land equals freedom
A discussion with an English colleague a few years ago was quite revealing. He felt that Africans over-obsessed about the land issue. He argued that …
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Remembering Nadine Gordimer – the ‘writers’ writer’
It happened via social media, as things tend to happen these days. Twitter. That’s how I first got the news that Nadine Gordimer had died. I …
The case for GMOs in Uganda
On 21 May 2014 the Daily Monitor (a local Ugandan daily) carried a photograph of a woman in Karamoja climbing a tree to get wild fruits …
East Africa: Why do natural resources fuel instability ?
Explaining social instability as caused by age-old rivalries over land, religion and historical injustices appears to be a common trend whenever violence flares in East …
Nigeria’s Uche Orji : Investing in investment
Uche Orji is the chief executive of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), tasked with harnessing the investment potential of the country’s substantial hydrocarbon revenues. …
South Africa’s media: He who pays the piper, calls the tune
Over the past year, South Africa has seen a controversial ownership of the media by investors from emerging non-European countries and Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment …