Author Archives: rwandareview

  I write this on the 74th day of January, the hunger is real, the thirst is real, just like this January drought hits us every time. One of my favourite books is called Freakonomics – it opened up a … Continue reading →

The Obama Legacy I will never forget the day Obama won, I stayed up all night at Carwash drinking soda and stressing alongside my Kenyan friends. It was the longest game I ever watched, some 12 hours the game played … Continue reading →

Getting on the housing ladder is easier than you think One of the biggest obstacles to middle-class growth is the high cost of getting a loan to buy a house. We expect to walk into a bank and sign our … Continue reading →

Build it wrong and they won’t come pt1   When we started our road to development, we just wanted progress, however small or fleeting. Every new building coming up in town was an object of pride to us. It is … Continue reading →

Who killed Christmas? The air was sucked out of all of us this Christmas and new year as we heard of the tragic shooting by police, one was fatal, one a near miss. I can’t say we didn’t expect it, … Continue reading →

An ever perfect union If there was ever a perfect nation, it would be somewhere halfway between Uganda and Rwanda, with just enough rules but also, just enough crazy to make life fun. The ancient Greeks were torn between Athens … Continue reading →

The last Caudillo, no more heroes Judge not Lest you yourself be judged, that is the catch. You will be judged by the standards by which you judge others. Fidel Castro died this week, my wall of heroes is dead, … Continue reading →