Power Decides First – Energy, Geopolitics, and the Global Asymmetry That Shapes Africa’s Future For a long time, we told ourselves a comforting story about the world. That Story is Over. What we are witnessing today is not Disorder. It is Reversion. A return to a world where Energy, Leverage, and Strategic Position matter more than […]
Why African Governments Don’t Fund Research Like National Security And Why This Single Priority Decision Keeps Us Dependent I’ve worked in boardrooms where millions are approved for procurement in a heartbeat, but a request to fund Research, Technical Training, or a Feasibility Study is treated like an inconvenience. In those moments, something became clear to
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The Principle of Least Action-Why Nature Seems to “Choose” the Easiest Path There is a strange comfort in the idea that the world is chaotic. After all, chaos gives us an excuse.It explains why predictions fail, why plans unravel, why outcomes refuse to cooperate. We can point to uncertainty and say, “That’s just how things are.” But physics tells
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Reading Is How I Rebuilt My Life — And Why Africa Needs Leaders Who Do the Same I did NOT Grow Up around Executives.I did NOT Grow Up around Engineers, Strategists, or Boardrooms. I Grew Up around Survival. I Grew Up watching Adults Stretch Dignity Across Poverty. I Grew Up in Environments where Stability was
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The School System Is an Old Machine in a New World, And It’s Failing Us Quietly Most people sense it long before they can explain it:The school system no longer fits the world we are asking young people to enter. Students leave school with certificates, but little confidence.Graduates leave university with degrees, but few practical
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When Help Comes With Strings – The Architecture of Modern Economic Influence In the first 2 Parts of this series, we established 2 uncomfortable but necessary truths. First, Power Precedes Rules.Rules function best when Power is Balanced. When it is not, rules bend, selectively apply, or quietly disappear. Second, Development can Become Leverage when Asymmetry exists. Capital, Infrastructure,
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Why Small Things Sometimes Break Big Systems – Chaos Theory and the Limits of Control There is a comforting idea that many of us grow up with. If you Understand a System Well Enough, you can Predict It.If you Plan Carefully, Outcomes will Follow.If Things go Wrong, Someone must have made a Mistake. Classical Mechanics –
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Power Still Matters (Part II) – When Development Becomes Leverage: What Africa Must Recognise Before the Contracts Are Signed If the 1st lesson of Global Politics is that Power Still Matters, the 2nd is more uncomfortable: Power Rarely Announces itself as Coercion.More often, it arrives Dressed as Opportunity. Each, on its own, appears reasonable. Necessary, even. Together,
When Governance Becomes Theatre – Why NAMCODE Is Often Performed Instead of Practised Most organisations today don’t suffer from a Lack of Governance Frameworks.They suffer from a lack of Governance Courage. In Namibia, we often hear that the NAMCODE is Outdated, Misunderstood, or too Idealistic. That’s rarely true. NAMCODE is NOT broken. The problem is how it is used. Or more accurately, how it is Performed.
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Power Still Matters – What Global Energy Politics Reveal About Africa’s Vulnerability and Namibia’s Moment! Every few years, the world is reminded of something it prefers to forget. That for all the talk of rules, institutions, and norms, Power Still Matters. Recent events around Venezuela, regardless of how one interprets motives, have reopened an uncomfortable conversation.
