Author: Anjianjei Constantine
While the world’s elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for conversations about ‘collaboration in the intelligent age’, I was collaborating with incredible young entrepreneurs from Kenya and Tanzania for the launch of Africa’s first citizen-led, co-produced, localised measure of prosperity – The Maisha Bora (‘Good Life’) Index. Historically, governments have had a long-held obsession with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the key way of measuring prosperity and growth of any country’s economy. In reality, we know it’s fruitless. It does not help to demonstrate how individuals are benefitting, or losing out from an economy. When you look at Tanzania, the country…
Trust is the foundation of everything—our economies, our governments, our relationships, and our ability to thrive as a continent. Yet, in Africa, trust remains our most fragile and elusive asset. We are rich in gold, cobalt, lithium, and oil, but what do these resources mean if we cannot trust each other enough to build something lasting? Without trust, we find ourselves stuck in cycles of political instability, economic uncertainty, and fractured diplomacy. Right now, we are seeing the effects of this trust deficit everywhere. Embassies are being burned, ambassadors recalled, and peace talks failing before they even start. Kenya’s embassy…
In the face of the multiple crises shaking the world, it is time to rethink our collective trajectory and move away from models imposed or inherited from the colonial past. The ‘Global South’, this mosaic of nations rich in their cultural, historical and geographical diversities, is at a decisive turning point. In the face of the multiple crises – environmental, economic, social and geopolitical – that are shaking the world, it is time to rethink our collective trajectory. For too long, our countries of the Global South have been locked into imposed models, inherited from a colonial past and shaped…
Ngie, Momo – A meeting of Ngie elites took place on Saturday, November 23rd, at 10 am in the conference room of the Regional Assembly building in Bamenda. The assembly was attended by a diverse group of political, civil society, business, and traditional leaders from across the country. This gathering was convened by the prominent members of the ruling CPDM party in the Momo IV section, notably under the leadership of Justice Mbah Acha Rose, head of the Momo central committee and Minister of Supreme State Audit. Key figures in the discussions included section president Ujambeng Stephen Andong, Mbong Grace,…