There’s a story Africans like to tell themselves. A clean story. A comfortable one. Work hard.Stay focused.Be disciplined. And eventually… it will work out. It sounds good. It feels fair. It gives hope. But it’s incomplete. Because behind the visible world of effort and merit, there is an invisible layer—quiet, subtle, almost never discussed openly—that…
A Simulation of Survival, Strategy, and Becoming Something From Nothing There’s a version of your life no one prepares you for. Not the one where everything goes right.Not the one where you graduate, get a job, and slowly climb. I’m talking about the other one. The reset. No savings.No connections.No backup plan.Just you… standing somewhere…
There is a particular brand of chaos reserved for the man who finds himself, through no fault of his own, cast as the leading man in a tragedy he never auditioned for. I am speaking, of course, about the peculiar and perilous position of being the “older guy” who somehow becomes the object of affection…
There is a stage in life where making money feels like the hardest thing in the world. You are grinding.You are learning.You are trying to figure out what works.You are chasing opportunities that seem just out of reach. Then something shifts. You start making money. Maybe it’s a business that finally gains traction.Maybe it’s a…
There is a story many people in African cities are quietly telling themselves. It doesn’t sound dramatic. It doesn’t look dangerous. In fact, it often looks like progress. It sounds like this: “I’m doing okay.” You have a job.You pay rent.You can afford some comforts.Maybe you have a car, or at least access to one.You…
There’s a version of the city you only see when you slow down. Not when you’re driving past.Not when you’re rushing somewhere.Not when you’re inside buildings, looking out. But when you stop. When you stand where the movement is.When you talk to the people who don’t just pass through the city—but power it. So I…
There’s a version of you that existed before comfort. Before you had options.Before convenience became normal.Before you could choose ease over effort without thinking twice. That version of you didn’t have much—but it had something else. Hunger. Not just for food. For progress. For movement. For something better. So I decided to go back. Not…
There is no shortage of ideas. Walk into any barbershop, sit in any minibus, scroll through any WhatsApp group—everyone has an idea. A business idea. An app idea. A “game-changing” concept that could “blow.” Everyone can see potential. Everyone can imagine success. Everyone can describe what could be. But almost no one builds. That’s the…
There is a moment in every product, every startup, every idea turned real, where excitement meets reality. It’s the moment after you’ve built something. The code works. The design looks clean. The features are there. You’ve tested it, maybe even obsessed over it. In your mind, the hard part is done. Now people will come….
There are two versions of Lusaka. The first one is the one you see in reports, in policy papers, in government speeches. It is clean, structured, measurable. It talks about GDP, formal employment, registered businesses, tax compliance. It is the Lusaka that exists on paper. Then there is the real Lusaka. The one that wakes…
