Mzalendo Mutemi wa Kiama

A fervent revolutionary and community organiser, Mutemi wa Kiama is also a staunch Pan Africanist, social entrepreneur, movement builder and coach with the African Coaching Network. He excels in strategic planning and communications and he has served as the #AfricansRising Movement Chair of the Engagement and Communication committee as well as Co-Chair of the Coordinating Collective(Board) amongst other roles.

Politics and Society2 days ago
Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Carrot, the Stick, and the Apex Predator | Part 2
Singapore built its anti-corruption success by engineering honesty as the rational choice—through ironclad anti-corruption laws, fearsome enforcement by an independent CPIB, and terrifying consequences that crush...
Politics and Society2 days ago
The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity
The hyper-individualist, extractive capitalist system is crashing before our eyes. As the old world fractures, true renewal lies not in elite-driven "Great Resets," but in rebooting...
Politics and Society1 week ago
Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1
Kenyans crave Singapore’s economic success and remain collectively obsessed with becoming the “Singapore of Africa,” yet they fear its ruthless anti-corruption system. The first instalment of...
Politics and Society4 months ago
“UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy
The future of leadership is not “I win, you lose.” It is “I am because we are.” The future is Utu.
Politics and Society5 months ago
All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors
The fixes to our broken governance and politics will not be found in palaces or in parliaments, but in communities. In our villages and in our...

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Mzalendo Mutemi wa Kiama

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Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Carrot, the Stick, and the Apex Predator | Part 2

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

“UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy

All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Carrot, the Stick, and the Apex Predator | Part 2

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

“An Accomplice to Injustice”: Pan-African Voices Blasts AU Commission for “Betraying” Democratic Ideals

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran

NoViolet Bulawayo wins the best of 25 years of the Caine Prize. Why she deserves it

Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests

Beyond the Hits: How to Build Africa’s Sound as a Business

Raila Odinga mastered the art of political compromise for the good of Kenya

Africa’s Sound Is Global — But Where’s the Money?

“UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy

Raila Amolo Odinga

All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors

The failure of centralized power across the planet is upon us

Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule

A year later, Africa’s Gen Z uprising is only more emboldened

Leadership Beyond Politicians, Politricks and Popularity Contests: Building a Future of Abundance Through UTU Principles

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally

Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office

Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

“Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba

Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York

Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers

Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa

In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy

Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax

David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review

Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit

OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict

Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora

Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake

The Africa Club launched to strengthen the continent’s financial muscle

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni

Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024

Climate finance for the Global North and climate reparations for the Global South

UNEA-6: Fossil fuels drive both the Plastics and Climate Crises and need an International Framework to phase them out

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

Ghana ranked Africa’s best and Eritrea worst in World Press Freedom Index

On abortions: Empathy over judgement