Leave the Internet—if you can

If you’re like me, you probably don’t enjoy the hassle of resetting passwords. Sometimes you try logging into platforms where you created an account before the struggle and portioning of Africa, only to realize you’ve forgotten the password. The system […]

What really matters? What is success? How do you know you’ve achieved it?

A few decades ago, after I finally learnt how to boot a computer—following a botched attempt at self-training that I wrote about recently—I deeply desired to own a laptop. As I mentioned in that article, personal computers were for the privileged few, and I wasn’t among them. I completed my university education without owning a PC. However, I did manage to buy the Motorola L6, one of the early smartphone entries into the Kenyan market.