Tanzania’s “bulldozer” dictator plowed into the agricultural arena yesterday slaying down corrupt officials and increasing and strengthening his partnership with China.
John Magufuli’s dictatorial actions should immediately benefit most Tanzanians: Agricultural production should rise, prices for commodities should rise and additional supply should keep consumer prices steady. There’s no way all this “good news” could have been created in such a short time democratically, and there is also no certainty that in the mid- or long-term it’s the right thing to do.
Once the darling of Africa, South African Airways is on the verge of collapse. Unless the South African 
Can you imagine the day when Jamie Dimon’s yacht is taken away from him by a socialist port authority? Or better, when that cottage on the lake you only used a couple times last summer is expropriated by the local county?
The long awaited “African Smartphone” had yet another “debut” yesterday when Ugandan billionaire Ashish Thakkar 
Will Richard Quest get home? Quest is in Kenya for the 
There are simpler, more horrid facts to explain the world’s relatively recent embrace of populism and authoritarianism than income and gender inequalities or climate change.
We just completed two nights at a lovely Drakensberg resort carved into a macadamia and lychee plantation that also grows and markets roses! The aromas – particularly now in spring – were fabulous!
Let’s say you’re the chief astronaut on the Mission to Mars. Let’s say you’re 4 months into your 7-month journey. Would you take an 8th grader’s advice on where to make the next turn?
Africans from every part of the continent look to South African for global guidance. And South Africa 
Several generations ago five million people depended upon Lake Chad in central Africa for food and work. It was Africa’s fourth largest lake, the size of New Jersey, with bountiful fish and plenty of water for irrigated farming. Today the lake is one-tenth that size and supports 45 million people.
If this were a decade ago yesterday would have marked the start of another civil war in Kenya. But times have changed. The elite reign unbothered by humanity.
Until Trump Africans relied heavily on an unilateral trade policy first passed by Congress in 2000 
Our universe is composed of the natural world and our human imprint on it. Rarely the twain shall meet in a modern world. But from time to time they do: look at northern Kenya, today.
Beware traveling this summer. The facts suggest that the Trump administration’s demeanor and policies have loosened the reigns so much on airline regulation, that consumers are suffering terribly.
Rwanda was first: hike the hourly fee for visiting a mountain gorilla to $1000. Tanzania followed: Two years ago the fee was $35/day in the Serengeti. Today (linked to where you’re staying), it’s $100.