Opinion

Expert opinions, editorials, and thought-provoking perspectives on African and Kenyan politics, society, economy, and global affairs.

Trump strikes SA after G20 Summit, bags of cash and bribery – Political analyst unpacks week

JOHANNESBURG - From US President Donald Trump reacting to South Africa’s successful hosting of the G20 Summit to bags of…

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Opinion: Kenya must fix the student funding system

Kenya’s new 5 per cent penalty on employers who fail to remit student-loan deductions has drawn criticism as an inadequate…

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Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso: a shared history collides with political fractures

Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso: a shared history collides with political fractures | African Arguments …

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What Kenya should do to gain fully from duty China duty-free trade

In March 2026, Kenya flagged off the first consignment of Kenyan exports to China under the Kenya–China Early Harvest Agreement.  …

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How bad politics holds back Kenya’s first world ambitions

Kenya has long possessed the ingredients needed to become one of Africa's leading economic powers. Its strategic position along…

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The political economy of refugee vulnerability

Despite lacking political power themselves, refugees’ vulnerability has been converted into value by those with power, writes Yohannes Woldemariam. Refugees…

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Who is sleeping on the job as online financial fraudsters operate freely?

On a December morning in 2007, Kenyans woke up to one of the country's biggest financial scandals. Hundreds of thousands…

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Africa’s much-awaited rise will be powered by nature

Africa steps into this new year standing at an inflection point, one defined not by what the world once promised…

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Kenya appears desperate to destroy herself

Scenes during post-election violence in Kawangware, Nairobi on October 27, 2017.[File, Standard] Kenya has walked this dangerous road before,…

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“Resource Curse” revisited – The political economy of nationalised oil and minerals in Africa

John Quinn‘s Majority State Ownership of Oil and Mining Sectors in Africa examines how nationalising natural resources shaped the economic…

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