Many of us have inspirations and visions on the kind of Africa we want to see, but wonder whether Africa will one day be what we would like it to be. Wonder is not knowledge, neither is it ignorance. It is something or a feeling that we believe we can be. People have so many incredible ideas and visions yet we tend to underestimate what we are capable of doing and what we can achieve. You wouldn’t have the desire unless you had the ability …

Africa’s future must necessarily lie in underpinning its moral capital with supporting and reinforcing institutions.
Ultimately, the accumulation and retention of moral capital is and should be inextricably linked to institution building.
Reputation of moral conduct determines the value of moral capital as human existence and experience has not been able to produce a mechanism that can read people’s minds.
What lies between the ears of a human beings is so complex and hidden that observation and experience are the only reliable instruments for predicting behavior.
It is impossible to rely on a person’s …

What is a gentlemen’s club?  What, if any, is its usefulness to nation building?  What role did it play in the consolidation and sustenance of the colonial political economy?
The origins of gentlemen’s clubs is to be found in 18th century English society where members-only private clubs were established to promote and protect interests of members.
They were set up by and for English upper society but today they are a universal phenomenon.
Our knowledge of the few that were and are successful in climbing the opportunity …

On 1 November 2009, I wrote the first of 20 articles under the theme: ”Pushing the envelope of knowledge” focusing on the concept of capital and its role in human progress and nation building.
I was acutely aware that what I may consider knowledge might not have the same meaning to others.
Notwithstanding, I felt it was important for me to add my voice to the kind of debates that we must have as Africans if we have to discharge our generational responsibilities to make tomorrow …

April is special month for Southern Africans.
South Africa, Africa’s economic powerhouse, achieved independence from Britain on 31 May 1910 informed by an idea that in Africa a little Europe could be created founded on the principle that Dutch and English settlers could appropriate this part of Africa; a unique geology, topography, and geography; to themselves as dominant drivers of the project to extend the tentacles of their way of life and worldview to foreign states through conquest.
It took 84 years of relentless efforts, …

In 1995, Little Brown and Company published an autobiographical work that began as scrapes of paper buried under the floor of former President Mandela’s prison cell with the title: “Long Walk of Freedom.”
In this book, President Mandela describes his life journey.  After all, life is nothing but a journey that has to be traveled but whose true meaning is complicated by the fact that humanity has not found an answer to its impermanence.
Although we are born equal, the journey of life takes us through different addresses and each day of …

We are privileged to live in a world that is more wired than in any previous generation.
The digital revolution is here to stay and any nation that finds itself excluded from this revolution faces the risk of suffering from a new form of poverty i.e. information poverty that has more devastating implications on human development and growth than biological hunger.
The web has and continues to shake world politics.  The Internet has unleashed a new toolbox that can easily be used to bridge the knowledge divide that has made it easy …

President Mugabe celebrated his 86th birthday last week and Zimbabwe will celebrate its 30th independence anniversary in a few weeks.
President Mugabe is the oldest head of state and government in Africa.  He has been privileged to have a long and eventful life.
Zimbabwe does not know of any other leader than President Mugabe and, therefore, it is difficult to imagine what kind of society Zimbabwe would be if it had had another leader.
Zimbabwe was born out of the womb of Rhodesia and its history, challenges, and prospects have been similar to …

On the 6th of February 2010, Africa Heritage Human Rights Forum (AHHRF), an initiative of members of the Africa Heritage Society (AHS) www.africa-heritage.com hosted a cocktail function around the theme of rebuilding Zimbabwe through a broadly inclusive approach. Amongst the invited guests were Zimbabwe’s Co-ministers of Home Affairs, Hon. K.Mohadi and Hon. J.Mutsekwa.
“The 6th of February has been designated by members of the Forum as Africa Heritage Zimbabwe Human Rights Day to celebrate and reflect on the critical importance of safety and security in nation building” said Mr. McKenzie Tafira, …