Politics and Ethics

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

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

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

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

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,

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 Leaders Don’t Understand the Work, Decisions Become Dangerous- Part 2 When Performance Pressure Destroys the Real Competitive Advantage There is a quiet assumption in many organisations that performance comes first and people follow. Motivation is treated as something that should “take care of itself.” In reality, the order is often reversed. When Motivation Collapses, Performance

Namibia, Africa Will Rise — But Not Through Slogans Alone Leadership With Purpose, Not Positions When I look at my home continent, I don’t see a place without potential. I see a place without alignment. Africa is not behind because Africans are incapable. We are behind because the world went through revolutions, scientific, industrial, technological,

Namibia’s Unemployment Crisis: As Namibians, We Cannot Solve a Structural Problem with Emotional Solutions A Practical Path to Reduce Unemployment in a Country Where 36.9% of People Are Without Work Namibia’s unemployment rate is not a statistic, in my opinion, it’s a national emergency. This is not a temporary issue. It is structural.And structural problems