TODAY I visited with the good people of East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) in Nairobi, to talk about cows and milk in our neck of the woods. Put briefly, EADD works with dairy farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda to help them be smarter and make more money. As I sat with Moses Nyabila, EADD’s […]
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Why East Africa – And The World – Can Chill A Little As Kenya Leaders Cook Up Political Deals
There was a dramatic rush in the Kenyan capital Nairobi last Tuesday (December 4, 2012) to beat the deadline for registering coalitions for the March 4, 2013 General Election.When the dust settled, the rest of East Africa, which had been worrying itself to death about Kenya having another violent election as it did in 2007/2008 thus […]
From Central, East To The Horn Of Africa, It Has Been A Fast And Furious 20 Years
So, as we reported in “How Guns And Bombs Dramatically Redrew The Economic And Political Map Of East Africa”, (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/12/how-guns-and-bombs-dramatically-redrew-the-economic-and-political-map-of-east-africa-and-the-horn/), after 1998, nothing would be the same in East Africa, the Great Lakes Region, or the Horn of Africa. The decision by Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila, seen as a lackey, to expel […]
How Guns And Bombs Dramatically Redrew The Economic And Political Map Of East Africa And The Horn
The two special reports; “Cloak And Dagger Politics And How The New East Africa Was Born From The Fires Of The Old” (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/04/cloak-and-dagger-politics-and-war-how-the-new-east-africa-was-born-from-the-fires-of-the-old) AND “Torn Between East And The Horn; The Tale Of Kenya As A Two-Axis Nation And The Changing Strategic Realties Along Africa’s Indian Ocean Belt” (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/04/torn-between-east-and-the-horn-the-tale-of-kenya-a-two-axis-nation-and-the-changing-strategic-realities-along-africas-indian-ocean-belt) last week examined the political and […]
With Kenya Election Around The Corner, East Africa Steps Into A Make Or Break Season
As Kenya heads into the first election under its new Constitution, the East African Community too will begin its most dramatic transition. The transition season will end in 2017 in Rwanda, when President Paul Kagame is scheduled to step down. How the leaders and East African citizens play their hands over this period, could make […]
