An Africanist Perspective

Culture, Politics, Medicine, Mental Health, and Chronic Illness

I am an award-winning African investigative journalist and historian. In 2016, I was voted Kenya's journalist of the Year. If you love public history and investigative journalism subscribe here and there: https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryWorksTV

Unlock a World of Insight: Your Passport to Global Development

Why energy abundance is the only way to solve global poverty and fight climate change

Using data and research to understand what really makes a difference

No-holds-barred analysis, intelligence and key stories from keen West African eyes.

Energy, Climate, Tech, and Africa. Plus Miscellany.

The goal is an Africa that thrives economically, socially and culturally. The Africa we want

Thinking out loud about U.S. foreign policy toward Africa

Democracy, Development, Daily Life

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

All about African history; narrating the continent's neglected past

Global inequality and More 3.0

What's happening in foreign aid policy--especially in energy and climate--and where we go from here.

A Substack on how politics can fuel or fail development, democracy, and equality from the author of Land Power.

Insights, perspectives and musings from Dakar to Dar es Salaam.

A newsletter about West Africa, MENA, Islam, and politics.

Newsletter on the intersections developmental econ, geopolitics, finance, and African history. Bio: Ghanaian-American, MIT grad, Data Analytics & Product Manager @ Big Entertainment firm. Ex- Aerospace Engineer. Not an expert, but always learning.

Why has the world become more gender equal? Why are some societies more gender equal than others?

South Africa's economic past, present and future

Kenyan Society and Politics

Analysis of the social, economic and political processes unfolding in Africa...with a bias towards Zambia.

An occasional newsletter on politics and culture in Africa