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AI in Africa: Less Leapfrogging, More Sequencing

My four-point response to the question: “Can AI Take Off in Africa?”

Feb 12 • Rose M. Mutiso

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January 2026

Africa Treats Its Diaspora Like a Bank Account, Not a Brain Trust

Numerous platforms exist to mobilize diaspora financial capital. Can we do the same for people and their expertise?

Jan 30 • Rose M. Mutiso

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December 2025

Why one of the year’s biggest AI-for-development stories isn’t actually about AI

What India’s monsoon breakthrough reveals about how technology really works in development

Dec 19, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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October 2025

Make Electrons Generic Again (MEGA)

Why the next leap in Africa’s energy story must be about agency, not just access

Oct 3, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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September 2025

Stop Trying to Save the World (please)

You've heard of climate realism, climate absolutism, climate denialism, climate optimism, climate doomism. How about climate humility?

Sep 22, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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May 2025

When the same extractive model is strategic in Australia but exploitative in Africa

Rethinking how Africa captures value from its resources

May 22, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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Why Growth, Not Aid, Should Be the New Africa Strategy

Reflections on a recent conversation with Ken Opalo

May 1, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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March 2025

A Candid Conversation About Foreign Aid

Why empathy matters, energy isn’t boring, and public service deserves a rebrand

Mar 31, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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The Danger of Abstraction: From Climate Discourse to the Federal Workforce

How our reductive narratives are warping policy and politics

Mar 5, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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February 2025

Why Trump's Attack on Science Funding Could Backfire

The political superpower of the US scientific system is its distributed and varied constituent base

Feb 26, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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January 2025

Should Poor Countries Quit the COP Process?

We can't afford to lose both the climate and development battles

Jan 8, 2025 • Rose M. Mutiso

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December 2024

Solar Geoengineering: The Global South’s Stake in a High-Stakes Debate

The Global South needs neither a climate laboratory nor a knowledge vacuum

Dec 2, 2024 • Rose M. Mutiso

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