My second appearance on the Tiny Spark podcast is probably my favorite, only because I only found out after the episode was published that the entire episode was full of some of my favorite people. I…
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I spent a couple of days thinking about the Louise Linton debacle and I published the below piece on Medium for The Development Set. It usually starts with a trickle. Then a steady stream. Then a torrent…
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If you’ve been paying attention, then you already know I am the Educated Angry African co-founder of JadedAid, a card game to save humanitarians. This past week, we launched a SWAG section on our online store.…
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Last week, I got an email question from a colleague (we’ll call her ‘Amy’). I asked Amy for permission to answer her question in a more public forum, because this is a question I get quite often. And…
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On the FBI taking on Apple and what it means to the global village unified by tech
February 24, 2016 International Development technology UgandaLast week, Apple’s Tim Cook published a letter to its customers explaining why they plan to fight the FBI’s request to compel Apple to unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernadino terrorist attackers: Specifically, the…
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Al Jazeera’s ‘The Stream’ show hosts Ugandans to discuss #UgandaDecides
February 23, 2016 Appearances International Development UgandaI joined three other Ugandans on Al Jazeera's The Stream to discuss the recent Ugandan presidential elections:…
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#UgandaDecides: Breaking down the eligible voter count
February 12, 2016 International Development PoliticsAfter discovering 20,000 ghost voters in the 2016 voter registry, we spent yesterday deep-diving into the reported number of registered voters against the number of citizens eligible to register as voters in the country. You can find…
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In defense of the Afropolitan narrative
February 11, 2016 Art & Entertainment International DevelopmentLast week, I finished reading Adichie’s Americannah and promptly threw it across the room. The book infuriated me. It wasn’t because it was yet another book with Adichie’s predictable pace and prose. The book infuriated me because I saw in each…
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A deep dive in Uganda’s Electoral Commission’s registered voter register
February 10, 2016 International Development Politics UgandaHere’s 1st of many infographics I’ll be creating to break down Uganda’s electoral commission data #UgandaDecides. While the inaccuracy in the data is statistically minor, it’s what it says about @UgandaEc attention to detail. After all, they…
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Obama signs Africa power initiative into law; looks to bring electricity to 50 million people | MG Africa
February 9, 2016 Climate Change Economy International Development Sustainable EnergyUS President Barack Obama signed into law Monday a measure aimed at expanding electricity to millions of households in sub-Saharan Africa, a measure supporters say will save lives and accelerate growth on the continent. Source: Obama signs…
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