January Makamba

It’s wild but there are sub-themes. For instance, heartbreak: Sabrina Carpenter, Sabrina Claudio, Natalie Imbruglia, The Corrs.

Authentication is key to our daily social and official/business transactions. We’ve come to rely on technology and primordial instincts to verify things. Artificial Intelligence, with all its benefits, will bring about almost incurable fraud crisis, per @sama CEO of @OpenAI.

I recommend this tweet to both constitutional-proceduralism and developmental-state fundamentalists.

Timely indeed. However, the prevailing sour nativist mood may cripple the spirit of generosity and commonwealth that made Jubilee 2000 debt-relief advocacy successful.

Great long research on hyenas. Hyenas have very advanced cognition and social order. Better hunters than lions. When you see lions and hyenas share a carcass, it is the hyenas that scored the kill more than half the time. They are just victims of bad PR nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

Mazungumzo na rafiki yangu Nzige, Dodoma, majuzi.

I’ve seen complaints that Global South voices (Amin, Rodney, etc) who broke the ground on Unequal Exchange were not cited. You may believe that there isn’t new scholarship here but the collection of empirical evidence of UE is impressive and the revival of this debate important.

Rare earths minerals are misnamed. They’re in abundance almost everywhere. What’s special about them is that their processing/refining, thus supply chain, is dominated by one country. Exports restrictions without building [very expensive and complex] refining capacity is futile.

Pembezoni mwa Mkutano Mkuu Maalum wa CCM Taifa, Dodoma.

Caught second half of Simba-RSB game at my office with my son, who recorded this worst moment of the game. African football is ruthless. Tough loss but Simba can build from here. They’ve got a fantastic coach. Congrats RSB.

Today marks a special moment in the 2025 Africa Day Lecture activities in Tanzania, as our Patron, President Thabo Mbeki, travels to Morogoro by train to honour the legacy of our forebears and celebrate our shared heritage. Morogoro holds deep historical significance as a crucial…

[THREAD] This week in 1956, the US Interstate Highway System was established. With road network of 78,000km, its construction (costing $100bn then) and operation has transformed the US economy. There’s a Chinese saying: “if you want to be rich, build roads”. We must do the same.

Robertum Franciscum Prevost - LEONEM XIV. Hongera kwa ndugu zetu Wakatoliki kwa kupata Kiongozi wa Kanisa. Tunamuomba Mungu Mwenyezi amuongoze Papa Leo wa 14 ili aliongoze vizuri Kanisa na kwa mchango wa Kanisa basi hapa nyumbani na kote duniani kujae amani, upendo na furaha.

Pole kwa familia ya Mzee CD Msuya na wana-Mwanga. Mzee CDM alikuwa mtu hodari, aliyeitumikia nchi yetu kwa bidii na maarifa. Ukikaa naye huchoki kumsikiliza. Tumempoteza Mzee wetu lakini pia tumepoteza maktaba kubwa ya historia ya harakati za maendeleo ya nchi. Mungu amlaze pema.

After meetings in DC, I went to visit my college in MN, the serene St. John’s University. Built by Benedictine monks from Germany in 1857, its focus is beyond just a degree, but also imparts ethos for spiritual growth and a balanced approach to life. I was lucky to study here.

Pope Francis’s mortal remains have now been entombed at his chosen resting place, the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. During a Vatican audience last year, H.E President @SuluhuSamia brought along a young girl from the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam - a child of deep…

Thanks @semafor for the invite to these important conversations here in Washington DC during the next three days, featuring 200 Fortune 500 CEOs and major political leaders from around the world. Looking forward to reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

Papa mortuus est! Sede Vacante. Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.