Forbes’ Kerry Dolan has a write up about GiveDirectly, a new highly-backed start-up working to change the rules on how aid is administered, by giving the money to the poor directly. At face value, I have…
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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was a man of inherited wealth, artistic vision, controversial political views, and a well-curled mustache. His “Futurist Manifesto” is an outlandish and entertaining document that would be difficult to parody. via Remembering Futurism…
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I find it disappointing that Mr. Gates would not only conflate my arguments about structural aid with those about emergency or NGO aid, but also that he would then use this gross misrepresentation of my work…
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I had the privilege to share the stage with Jon Gosier, country-mate Elizabeth Ngonzi, and Samuel Gebru at the UNICEF offices in New York yesterday afternoon. The topic of the two panel discussions was “Africa’s Children:…
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This is the entire transcript of my chat with Verizon customer service this afternoon. I called to see if I could upgrade my internet service to something that could handle walking and chewing gum at the…
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Professor Calestous Juma on the need for big vision thinkers are ministers of technology in Africa. For example, ministries responsible for telecoms can take the lead in training a new generation of electronics engineers. Similarly, research…
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When Teddy, David and I set out to produce the Digital Continent Podcast we never once talked about a specific number of episodes. We only talked about the kinds of people we wanted to interview and…
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Cognitive dissonance explained: So for those of you keeping score at home – locking down an American city: a proper reaction to the threat from one terrorist. A background check to prevent criminals or those with…
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“We are losing a lot of this capital that we need as a result of everything we throw out of the continent through illegal means and there is an estimate that the continent loses annually at…
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Hello everyone, Almost two months ago, a violent wind storm practically destroyed Kikuube Deliverance church. To the naked eye, the building is a hand-built structure made of mud, sticks and iron sheets. To this community, it…
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