OPINION / PUBLIC HEALTH EXPLAINER Kenya’s imported case demands more than tighter screening. People need a response they can understand, trust and reach before illness becomes a crisis. By By Mosty Chansa and Goodnews Matete · 8 October 2026 Section C at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, photographed on 28 December 2014. Illustrative archive photograph; this […]
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An Eritrean girl deserves a future she can help choose
School, dignity and a voice in her own life should be ordinary parts of growing up—not privileges a girl must keep proving she deserves. OPINION / EVIDENCE & PERSPECTIVE · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Children on their way to school in Eritrea, photographed on 19 October 2017. Illustrative archive photograph; no claim is […]
Democracy must survive the morning after
The ballot matters. So does the life a citizen can safely live after challenging the people in power. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE African Union conference centre in Addis Ababa, 21 May 2015. Illustrative location photograph, not an image of the violence discussed. Photo: Andrew Moore / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA […]
Tanzania: counting the dead is only the beginning
A national total cannot answer the questions belonging to each family. An inquiry has to do more than produce a number. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Dar es Salaam skyline, 20 October 2007. Illustrative location photograph, not an image of the violence discussed. Photo: Ali Damji / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA […]
A connection is not enough. Keep the lights on.
The promise of electricity is what people can do with it tomorrow—not only the photograph of a switch being turned on. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Solar panels photographed for Innovation Africa, 2025. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: IAfrica76 / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be cropped. Photo […]
Give the city back its hours
The cost of a city is also the time it takes from the people who keep it working. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE A Casablanca Busway vehicle photographed in 2023, before the service’s launch. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Turdyfirst / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be […]
Africa should not feel foreign at its own borders
Unity becomes real at a visa counter, a departure gate and the point where an ordinary journey becomes unaffordable. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2010. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Vob08 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be cropped. Photo […]
What happens when AI cannot hear you?
Being misunderstood by a machine is a small irritation—until the machine is the doorway to a service you need. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Students learning with a laptop in Ghana’s Oti Region, 2024. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Kwameghana (Bright Kwame Ayisi) / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails […]
How much harder must a young African work?
A rejected application costs more than hope. It costs time, transport, data and another explanation to the people waiting for you to succeed. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE A tailor making a leather bag in Soumbedioun, Senegal, March 2024. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Wuzyprod / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image […]
