Incredulous that the Saudis now claim Khashoggi died after a fight in their Istanbul consulate after claiming they did not know his whereabouts
Khashoggi died after a fight: Why Africa needs to reject extremist influence
Category: Public Policy
Original thought leadership on important public policy issues on a Global, Regional and Local basis
China wants your data and she is not playing
In this post, adebayoalonge shares Bloomberg's findings on how Chinese hardware is used to hack data
China in Africa: An African Millennial’s perspective on engaging China
In this essay, adebayoalonge argues that Africa's engagement with China should be on a rational self-interest and mercantile basis.
Letters to AA: Africans need intelligence to end discrimination
In this Letter to AA, Keith Jackson argues that Africans will gain respect when they embrace intelligence to create self-sufficiency through science and tech.
Words on Gold- Thomas Sankara
Our country produces enough to feed us all. Alas, for lack of organization, we are forced to beg for food aid. It's this aid that instills in our spirits the attitude of beggars. Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso (at 33 years old) from 4 August 1983 – 15 October 1987
Why Africa needs more Impact Entrepreneurship
Africa needs more Impact Entrepreneurship to solve its many social problems. Conventional capitalism has failed to stop the spread of poverty on the continent. It needs a new type of entrepreneurship- one that has heart.
What Cambridge Analytica means for Africans: Keep your personal data off the internet- until you are getting paid for it
adebayoalonge argues that Africans need to be more aware about how they generate data online and the ways it is being used against them often for free. He asks for people to demand rights to their data.
USA like Nigeria suffers social inequality & intolerance that festers mass violence
In this article, adebayoalonge argues that widespread access to guns in societies with intense social inequality and intolerance will lead to higher murder rates
Africa is a shithole- Yes or No?
In this article, adebayoalonge argues that Africans should channel their anger against Trump's 'shithole' comment towards remaking their continent
Stemming Yoruba Decline (II/III): Rise of the Oyos & the end of Yoruba nationhood
The Imperial expansion of the Oyo Yoruba from the 1600s-1800's destroyed the Yoruba confederacy and ethnic identity. Briefly restored from 1940-1970, the Yorubas experienced major economic gains. Now as Nigeria's unitary system constrains Yoruba identity, the Yorubas have again entered into modern decline.
