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Data: Africa’s “New Blood”, Rather than the “New Oil”
Data protection and privacy regulation in most, or even all, African countries are often less mature – particularly when compared to the EU’s General Data Protection (GDPR) regime. As such…
Imanzi, Imena And Why The Month Of February
There are few of us who on a tired Monday morning, have not wished for Monday to begin on Tuesday. It is a wish that is granted once a year…
Mislead Or Misleading, Are African Journalists Deliberately Distorting Rwandan Story?
Rwanda is news, and being miscast can come with the territory, but it has come to a point where to understand the country as it actually is, it is necessary…
Stand Up, and clap! Rwanda’s Achievements Are Becoming Africa’s
It was a decade when Rwanda did great things. Of course when we say such and such an entity “did great things”, it is relative. Did great as compared to…
Some Mindsets We Must Overcome as Our New Year’s Resolutions…
Suddenly a lot of Rwandan manufacturers are smiling all the way to the bank! They have a lot of local customers streaming to their products who used to go for…
China Firmly Opposes External Interference In Hong Kong and Xinjiang Affairs
Several days ago, the US President signed a so-called law bill “Hong Kong human rights and democracy act” and the US House of Representatives passed a so-called “Uyghur…
Rwanda: Good PR? Yes, But We Don’t Sell Fire Extinguishers!
I am intrigued every time I read somewhere that “Rwanda has a good image because of good PR.” A lot of that has been coming up lately, on social media…
Key CPC Session Highlights: Modernizing China’s System and Governance Capacity
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the fourth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party…
Rwanda: The Way We Were Then and The Way We Are Now
I’ve watched, fascinated, as Rwanda has forged itself a new identity over the past two and a half decades. I like to simplify the timeline; break it down into…
The Myth Of Unromantic, Unfriendly, Obedient, Secretive, Reserved Rwandan
Stereotypes and clichés. They are quite interesting things. And we Rwandans have been saddled with more than our fair share of them, I tend to think. “Rwandans are secretive…
How Messrs. Trump and Johnson are Demystifying the West
What is this thing happening in the United States? Or this other (similar) thing that’s taking place in the United Kingdom!? For a long time we were told…
Stepp’d in Blood, A Book Review: If an Akazu Member Killed You, or Took Your Wife by Force…
What would a woman do if a big government official braked his vehicle beside her as she walked, and he told her to get into the car, drove off, then…