Njoki Kangethe PART 2: WHEN PROGRESS PUSHES PEOPLE OUT: DISPLACEMENT IN TECH CITIES Land, Law, and the Cost of Development Across Africa, the rise of tech cities and planned innovation hubs is reshaping landscapes as much as economies. These projects require vast tracts of land for offices, residential areas, roads, utilities, and commercial zones. While […]
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Njoki Kangethe Lede: PART 1: THE PROMISE OF TECH CITIES IN AFRICA The Rise of Africa’s Tech Cities Across Africa, a new urban vision is taking shape. Governments, investors, and development agencies are building what they call ‘tech cities,’ ‘innovation hubs’, and ‘smart cities’; purpose-built urban areas designed to attract technology companies, startups, and global […]
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Njoki Kangethe Across Africa, the relationship between foreign nationals and local labour has long been complicated, but recent events have made something painfully clear: the imbalance is no longer subtle. It shows up in workplaces, on construction sites, in hotels, in EPZ factories, at tourist resorts, and even in the way some foreigners speak to […]
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Amondi Oware The Internet has been chaotic this past week when a new report by Science Advances revealed that the quality of women’s eggs does not decrease with age. Instead, it is men’s sperm that has a biological clock. According to the study, women’s eggs do not accumulate more DNA mutations as they age, men’s […]
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Njoki Kangethe In this series, we’ve walked together from the very basics of geothermal energy, how steam beneath our feet turns into electricity, to the financing models, country case studies, and community impacts that shape this sector. If you’ve followed from the start, you’ll know why geothermal matters: it is reliable, homegrown, and one of […]
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Njoki Kangethe In our first piece we unpacked the basics of geothermal; how steam trapped beneath the earth’s crust can be turned into reliable electricity. Our second explored financing and future opportunities for geothermal in Africa. More recently, we compared different national approaches in places like Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, showing how each country is […]
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Njoki Kangethe In our last article, we looked at geothermal energy’s promise for Africa; how financing, risks, and opportunities shape this ‘heat beneath our feet.’ If you missed it, you may want to read that first to see why geothermal is a backbone technology for Africa’s energy future. Today, let’s get concrete. How have countries like Kenya and […]
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Njoki Kangethe In our last piece, we explored the basics of geothermal energy, how heat trapped beneath the earth’s crust can be harnessed to generate electricity. If you missed that introduction, I’d encourage you to start here first. It sets the stage for understanding why geothermal matters and how it works in simple, non-technical terms. Today, […]
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Njoki Kangethe When you think of electricity in Africa, what comes to mind? Solar panels glinting on rooftops? Big dams on wide rivers? Perhaps the hum of diesel generators in towns and villages? But here’s a less familiar source: heat from beneath our feet. Yes, you read that right.Kenya, for example, powers millions of homes and industries […]
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Njoki Kangethe As Africa plans its energy future, it faces a big choice: one road is lined with solar panels, wind turbines, and community-based grids. The other is lit up by the promise of massive nuclear projects; projects tied to prestige, global influence, and cutting-edge technology. But every option comes with a price, and when the […]
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