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African Fintech – 2025 was the Rehearsal. 2026 is the Show.
As we close the year, I’ve been reflecting on the shift we are about to witness in African Fintech. If 2025 was about asking “What can AI do?”, 2026 is […] More
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In Defense of the Arts, Social Sciences, Philosophy, and the Team Sciences: A Manifesto for a New Higher Education in the 21st Century and Beyond
Introduction The 21st century, now a quarter complete, is increasingly defined by its unprecedented complexities, its wicked problems, and the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence. In this volatile landscape, a […] More
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“THE PROBLEM OF AFRICA” AND OTHER DELUSIONS
There are many people-some Black Africans- that would have us believe that the institutional and nation-building failures we face across the continent are uniquely African. That there is something particularly […] More
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The Value of ISoP: Opportunities, Networking, and Growth in Pharmacovigilance
At last year’s ISoP Annual Meeting in Cairo, Faith Muhiire asked me why I was so involved with ISoP. My answer was simple: I have received real benefits from giving […] More
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The Silicon Scramble: Why Africa is the Ghost in the Global AI Machine
The global conversation about Artificial Intelligence always takes place in rooms with very expensive air conditioning. There, in Davos or Silicon Valley, suits with teeth too straight and smiles too […] More
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Re-Engineering African Cinema Distribution: A Manifesto for the Post-Streaming Era
What happens to African cinema when the gates suddenly close? For years, filmmakers across the continent were told that salvation would arrive through streaming platforms. We were encouraged to believe […] More
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The Crossroad of Modern Myth
The elders always said that a story is like a market day in Kampala, it refuses to be contained in a single basket. For generations, the world tried to box […] More
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Why AI Can’t Steal the Storyteller’s Soul
The cursor blinked. It didn’t blink with patience; it blinked with the rhythmic, passive-aggressive judgment of a digital entity that knows it can process the entire history of human literature […] More
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The Ledger of Whispers
The ledger was never meant to be found. It sat in the bottom drawer of his mahogany desk, smelling of old dust and expensive gin. On the cover, in his […] More
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