I was 9 years old when Nelson Mandela was sent to prison on Robben Island. As a boy, I learned about him in school, and I remember seeing reports about the anti-Apartheid movement on the evening news. Decades later, I got to meet him and work with him. In person he was even more inspiring …
For pregnant women living in the slums of Nairobi, walking to the health facility to give birth can be a dangerous endeavor. The dim, narrow lanes hide real dangers. It’s not unusual for these women in labor to be assaulted and robbed by neighborhood youth as they travel. For young men like Dedun and Song, …
I was a 10 years old boy when I first came in contact with London. It was through Dr. Who. As a young boy, Dr. Who was part of my childhood fantasy. My family Sunday is never complete without us sitting around our derelict sofa, while we wait anxiously for the sound track that has come to …
“We’ve got to make sure that everybody has a fair shot to reach their potential — we can’t leave more than half the team on the bench.” President Obama’s words on the final day of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) held last month in San Francisco are still fresh in my mind. I have been …
On Wednesday, Oscar Pistorius was sent to prison. He will serve a six-year sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, the model with whom he was romantically involved until he killed her in February 2013. There was an outcry as Thokozile Masipa, the judge who has handled this matter for the last two years, deviated from …