The_Loch

@appadappajappa Yes please

If you read non-fiction and want to be a part of a Telegram group where you can share and discuss what you’re reading, DM me 😊 Trying to revive this group!

Every time the West calls an African country "unstable" they mean the resources stopped flowing. I made a glossary of 100 diplomatic words they use and what they actually mean. orange-anselma-35.tiiny.site Bookmark this before your next history book. 🧵

The only data centers that communities actually need are PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

As I continue to push this survey, which is now nearing the 200 mark (🥳🥳🥳), one of the most surprising early results is around skills training and what young people think about them. Its not what you think! If you're 18-30, fill this survey! forms.gle/QqmKrNLvvUs4ur…

this is one of the best things you’ll ever read lolwe.org/a-very-brief-h…

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A government blogger is a virtual goon😔.

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Young people are shaping political conversations in Kenya. But awareness alone does not translate into power. What will it take to move from voice to influence? We are at a critical moment, not just to decide whether we will vote, but whether we are willing to engage power where it actually counts. Our Communications Officer, @is_Loch, explores this tension here - standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/articl…

Abraham Rugo – Debt, Elections, and Budgets: A Public Finance Heist @abrahamrugo theelephant.info/videos/2026/03…

give me a tote bag so ridiculously large that when i’m looking for something and say “one second,” i climb inside it and you just hear echoes and stairs like it’s an apartment building in there.

Aiming to learn more about AI and digital policy in Africa? I’ve curated a GitHub resource of key policy documents, regulation trackers, organizations, academic research hubs, and publications. github.com/chinasatokolo/…

@_Ndunge_ Touché 😂😂😂

The art of dissecting the performative hate on Substack and how how to decenter from it.

“this is precisely the time when artists go to work. there is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. we speak, we write, we do language.”

HUGE NEWS: A visual library of black hairstyles just released! If you're sick of crawling through Pinterest like I am, try out Afro.Index! It's very new + still growing, but it's already pretty solid!

In Kakamega the youths stepped up help the IEBC after claiming they didn't have enough staffs Lazima tukue kadi #TukoKadi

@RuthSummie Noviolet Bulawayo and Bikozulu

Which African author’s writing style is instantly recognizable to you?

We need African writers to make money so they can build structures for African Writing.