Anne Maria Makhulo

Nairobi is about to get lit! 📚❤️Here are the literary events coming your way: 👇 1. African Book Fair Dates: 1st-5th Aug 2. Whisper in the Jungle Book Tour Date: 11th Aug 3. Nairobi Lit Fest Dates: 24th-27th Aug 4. Macondo Literary Festival Dates: 15th-17th Sept #SaveTheDates

The future of #Africa is bright! Short videos of the 2019 vimeo.com/359831745 and 2020 vimeo.com/567168291 AgriPitch... #youth #entrepreneurship, #innovation and #optimism. Deadline for the 2022 AgriPitch is 4th Nov. Registration applications.privateequity-support.com

My social media channels are classrooms. And most times, I write things which deviate from the “typical” consensus. What if I tell you that fuel subsidies are not Nigeria’s main problem? What if I tell you that what you see as a “fuel subsidies” problem is actually inefficiency in government? When you do not know how much petrol you use, is that a fuel subsidy problem? When you do not control your borders, feeding smugglers, is that a fuel subsidy problem? When you pay for “imported” fuel which never arrived, paying fake invoices, is that a fuel subsidy problem? Simply, when you fail on those and many, you need an excuse. Good People, there is no major country which does not subsidize fuel. But while they subsidize fuel, they use that cheap energy to drive PRODUCTION because energy is a very important component of the manufacturing process. China leads the world. The United States follows. Japan is 5th. With energy subsidies, they have a manufacturing base, and when they tax the outputs from those industries, they recover their money! Nigeria’s fuel subsidy problem is that it was designed to feed corruption. The US postal service has not made a single profit in the last 20 years. That is a massive subsidy to improve the supply chain, across America, by making sure commerce works. But they’re smart: the money used to subsidize post office is recovered when profits of companies which depend on the postal system are taxed. Indeed, subsidy as a platform strategy. Nigeria needs fuel subsidies to build a competitive production economy. Fuel subsidy is not the main problem; corruption is. Deal with corruption and you will get the "productive" dividend of subsidizing energy. tekedia.com/nigerias-probl…

#Mozambique is going through its worst #Cholera outbreak in 20 yrs, situation is made worst by #CycloneFreddy and flood. Listen to @UNICEC ‘s Dr Paul Ngwakum describes to @AJEnglish the situation and ongoing vaccination response. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/BrY6Pf3S…

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This is one of the most sober submissions I have heard from a politician in this country about the current #LGBTQ hysteria! Well done @edwinsifuna 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Take home: We need to have a sober conversation, take out all the HYPOCRISY! *Also Levictus in the mud 😂😂😂😂

“Rwandans, Africans cannot be assisted forever. God did not put this great African Continent and its people - over 1.3 billion - and decide that they will go to waste just to live in poverty, fed by others, pitied, abused, assisted, and you believe it? How is that possible?”

"As Africans today, we need to understand that those who colonized us cannot suddenly have our interests at heart, and the capitalist interests which exploited us cannot suddenly be giving to us." @m_ogada✍️ panafricanreview.rw/conquest-and-c…

Dr. Evelyn Jepkemei: We need to go deeper into the question of examinations in this country. What is our education philosophy? Assessment should show us whether the school's system is working, not students that are bright and those that are not #DayBreak @SamGituku

One critical step to building an indistractable workplace is being an indistractable boss. "You can’t demand that your staff work without distraction if you’re constantly looking at your phone in the middle of meetings or sending emails at midnight." hbr.org/2023/01/manage…

Of the 25 AgriPitch Competition finalists, 17 are women-owned or led small and medium enterprises. 13 are from Francophone countries, while the other 12 are from Anglophone countries. #Africa #agribusiness afdb.org/en/news-and-ev…

"If people don't believe that Africans can change their future and transform their landscape, they're going to continue to frustrate their efforts by trying to solve problems for the [African] people who can solve it themselves." - @ndidiNwuneli

David Ndii believes there is good reason to think that the continent's ongoing #infrastructure-led growth thesis is flawed. He believes policymakers should pay more attention to #Africa’s #agriculturalproductivity gap. Quite a comprehensive piece. carnegieendowment.org/2022/12/20/afr…

"This is a win-win: healthier soil and enhanced biodiversity actively suck harmful carbon from the atmosphere, while maximising yields per acre reduces pressure globally to convert forests and grasslands to #agriculture.” - Mostafa Terrab farmersreviewafrica.com/africa-needs-t…

Speeding up the #farming revolution will require collective effort from partners who firmly believe African farmers can play a key role in feeding the world while protecting the planet. And there's a lot left to do. #foodsystems #Africa weforum.org/agenda/2023/01…

I ran the largest impact-focused advisory firm in the world. Have sat with Heads of State. Communed with great minds. Led pivotal conversations on humanity's future. Created programs that change the lives of millions. And all with dreads on my head.

Few pests have caused as much damage throughout #Africa as the fall armyworm. Fortunately, researchers at Penn State University and FAO have developed a practical mobile app called Nuru 😀 farmersreviewafrica.com/how-an-app-hel… #farmers

Can Africa finance its own development? un.org/africarenewal/…