Remote sensing: Gear up for virtual weddings, dowry deals and memorials
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we work and remote work will continue for the foreseeable future, according to media research. Forbes magazine predicts that by 2025, an estimated 70 per cent of the workforce will be toiling at home at least part-time. Also, here to stay – in...
Next Covid wave: Deadlier pandemic attack will come from its effect on job market
Being out of work isn’t just bad for your finances. It’s bad for your health. Most people are aware of the effect of losing a job on mental health: depression, anxiety, social isolation. But job loss can hurt a person’s physical health as well. Research consistently shows that losing a...
Linguistic analyses show mainstream media bias delegitimises Black-rights protesters
The protests following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by police a year ago built on those that came before – in response to the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland and far too many others. The global reckoning was a result of...
Lawyer to Kenya president: Your government is a polished idea to steal, enjoy
I am a Kenyan citizen and resident taxpayer who, alongside forty-eight million of my fellow citizens, has watched with utter dismay and increasing frustration as your government has run the affairs of our land with criminal negligence thereby placing in great jeopardy not just our present fortunes but our children’s...
Why has Kenya president obscured details of $3.8 billion railway contract with China?
As you are aware, in May 2014, the government of Kenya signed a $3.8 billion contract with China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC) for the construction of the standard gauge railway from Mombasa to Nairobi and on to Naivasha. According to news reports, 85 per cent of the construction cost...
Race to militarise artificial intelligence is the biggest threat to world peace
A race to militarise artificial intelligence is gearing up. Two years ago, the US Congress created the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI). This March, it recommended that the United States must accelerate artificial-intelligence (AI) technologies to preserve national security and remain competitive with China and Russia. This will...
Take note: Whether we like it or not, working from home is here to stay
Working from home – formally known as telework – is here to stay. A 2021 survey of approximately 30,000 Americans concluded that, after the pandemic, 20 per cent of all work days may continue to take place at home, versus just five per cent before. This is likely welcome news...
We in Africa should just let women lead, focus more on managing our economies
.There is a big benefit when a country skips the social upheaval and goes straight to pro-women policies. We in Africa must take an aggressive shortcut through history. We can learn from Rwanda. I’m not saying life is perfect in any of these places, but they’ve moved in the right...
How long are we in Africa going to use our hardships as excuses not to move forward?
Over the last 30 days President Samia Suluhu Hassan has become the most important woman in the African energy industry. She has taken some of the most courageous steps in rebooting Tanzania’s energy sector and economy. The signing of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline with President Yoweri Museveni of...
Total’s ‘force majeure’ action on Maputo calls for dialogue, firewall against terror
We are disappointed about Total’s recent decision to declare force majeure on its Mozambique LNG Project. While the African Energy Chamber stands in solidarity with Mozambique and Total all energy investors, we believe the declaration of force majeure could have been prevented and comes prematurely. We encourage all parties involved...
