1. Introduction According to the World Economic Forum(WEF), an estimated 15 to 20 million increasingly well-educated young Africans will join the workforce every year for the next three decades[1]. A majority of these educated young people graduate to the reality that their hard-earned advanced degrees are not enough to secure a job…

What are cannots? I define cannots in three ways The things I should be doing (or would love to be doing) but have consciously or unconsciously convinced myself that I am not made for them or I will never be good at them. The limiting beliefs I have held for a long time…

In 2018, I gave a talk in the Techy Talkers Toastmasters group of CMU-Africa titled “tribute to Baba”. I presented, in three points, some habits I learned from my father. This is a small piece of the lessons I learned and I am writing them here as an appreciation to…

I started running regularly at the end of 2017 and have learned a lot from my effort to stay consistent. I have seen the benefits of running reflected in many other aspects of my life. …

I am always learning something at any given time, but I never really spent time learning how to learn. I started looking into techniques of better and faster learning and I found that I had been applying some of these techniques learned from my own experiences. …

Do you ever imagine how it will feel to be in full control of your thoughts, emotions, and actions? How to reduce worry, fear, anxiety, or be in full control when you are angry or your ego is attacked? I embarked on this journey a year ago, and while I…

Trip to Lamu — Home to the Oldest Swahili Town in East Africa Lamu is an island on the south-eastern coast of Kenya, home to Lamu Old town, the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa. This town has maintained its architecture and culture for over 700 years, with major influences from the Bantu, Arabs, Persians, Indians, and Europeans. The town has…