In his bestselling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Harari explains why human beings are different from other animals. His explanation is surprisingly so obvious. He argues that prehistoric humans were insignificant animals with no more impact on…

Believe it or not, the Covid-19 pandemic (as a dangerous disease) is possibly drawing to its end. That is because the world has found a vaccine for the virus and on Tuesday this week, 90 year old  Margaret Keenan, became…

Michael Matovu (RIP) was one of my idols as a kid joining King’s College Budo. His mother Mary Matovu specifically asked him to take care of me, which he did unreservedly. Visiting Ghana house, which was reputed for ‘bullying’ Njuka’s…

As I wrote here last week, while we all (subjectively)consider ourselves to be very intelligent, we keep on making poor decisions. The reason we make bad decisions or choices is what is called the ‘paradox of choice. Having many options…