In Africa, is Mental Health a Thing?
CREDIT BRITE My Story I grew up in a community where depression was thought to be for the rich. This mainly meant that it is not a disease, but maybe…
As you grow older: Three things you can do to prepare you to age well.
Life is a circle Illustration by Joost Swarte, 2019 In a single second, you were born into this beautiful world without your concern, and you had to accept it whatsoever.…
The evolution of technology: we are left to use implanted microchips.
(Stevens L, 2017) Implanted microchips As our technology era evolves, our electronic devices still grow smaller and extra compact. People were used to big computers in the early 90s, and…
“Everything is sex… Except sex; which is power, and power is just sex” -Janelle Monae.
Inspired by Janelle Monae’s song Screwed from the album Dirty Computer. Let's start this off with a Gender inequality. A report by the World Economic Forum estimates that at the…
How Social Media is helping Female Consumers hold Corporations Accountable.
What do Always sanitary products, X-pression braids, Thinx period-proof underwear, and DevaCurl have in common? While the uses of these products are as different from each other as day is…
The Voice Inside Your Head
How it used to be Remember when you were a child? When you were so excited to paint, not because you "knew how" to paint but because there was nothing…
Future Class Norm #1: All Hands on Tech!
Students in Somalia ( @HelpYateem twitter, 2017) The conversations discussing digitization (part of the third industrial revolution), Artificial Intelligence (herein also referred to as AI), and other technologies referred to…
How to make sure AfCFTA is The Next Big Step in Africa’s development journey.
Unions and Blocs In world economics, a country cannot produce everything it needs to support the livelihoods and desires of its citizens, which is why importation and exportation are necessary…
Corona Virus crisis: Domestic violence during lock down
In the wake of the global pandemic, Covid-19, people found themselves confined within their homes for safety. Lock down has proven to be a tough time for many, it also…
It is Rasta, Not Gangster
Be honest and tell me what you think when you see someone with dreadlocks? Especially when it is a guy? Before you even talk to him so that you know…