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Banning online betting in the context of Brazil is actually a good policy. Normally okay with legal gambling in a country with a tradition of it like Britain and eating the negative externalities, but in Brazil with its large O Algo community with addictive personalities and not much money the social externalities can be ruinous in a way they aren’t elsewhere
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Strong institutions are built on leadership and lasting foundations.
In partnership with @StrathCIPIT and the @ODPC_KE , we co-hosted a breakfast dialogue celebrating Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait’s tenure and reflecting on Kenya’s data protection journey.
From stronger regulatory institutions and citizen redress to emerging AI challenges, the outgoing DC @ikassait reminded us: “Consent is not optional and dignity is not negotiable.”
As new leadership takes over, the task is to build on the progress made and strengthen data protection for an increasingly digital society.
#dataprotection
It was a #BlueWave2026 in the US, and Africans, @gabeamo, @AdrianBoafoMD, @AbdulElSayed, @Ilhan, @MelatKirosCO, and many others were elected. What does that mean for Africa? Not much. On my Substack: what Africans should ask of Washington instead. akags.substack.com/p/what-th…
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My book is on discount for Black Friday/Black November [Ksh 1200]. Available @NuriaBooks and @KibangaBooks or through WhatsApp business number 0759 133 099.
Fear and hope are one measurement read from opposite ends, and both count the places a person can go. In my Substack this week, I write about a granary nobody owned, and what funders’ money does to the voices of the people who receive it.
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"We, unfortunately, have a lot of PhD holders with empty heads," - outgoing Public Service Commission Chairman Anthony Muchiri.
If I can’t own what I buy online, why shouldn’t piracy be a real option?
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This week, I was late with my this week's Substack because I was working on alkags.agency/curious/unga81 - my detailed review of #UNGA81, which is too much to fit in one Substack post. Hopefully people here will find it useful. Substack this week for a summary: akags.substack.com/p/unga81-…
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In my Substack this week, I wonder if, 81 years on, it is time for the world to begin discussing what replaces the @UN #UNGA81
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Wueh! This one has and is hurting! What is life? We are flowers indeed in His garden. A great flower has been untimely plucked out. The Tech and IGF community has been robbed. @TechWakili how now? Restwell Wakili we will miss you😢💔🪽
A guy made up a government department - and got it included in the 2026 national budget! #TikTok vt.tiktok.com/ZSV8QfkxR/
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@Safaricom_Care surely the marketing messages are on overdrive, Despite the fact that I already opted out!
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@SafaricomPLC how about protecting your customers by ensuring any the first opt in to received these messages?
Currently when one pays by Mpesa on any outlet and starts getting their promo messages...its annoying.
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Amidst this nationwide power blackout, I can’t help but think of hospitals without generators. Perhaps there are lives that have been lost or doctors unable to perform surgeries.
I hope @edwinsifuna will continue to transend tribal kingpinship as he started out so that he represents everyone.
So these speed limits don’t make sense though. 80kph on the Nairobi expressway? 50kph on Thika road? What happened to the highway 110kph? There is such a thing as too slow also.
Who do we appeal to/ reason with? @ntsa_kenya
