Kwame Mensah

Science & Technology Contemporary (2000–present)

M-Pesa as indigenous fintech — the regulatory accident that worked

1 min · May 8, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

The African Union's governance dilemma — sovereignty, intervention, and the Sahel coups

1 min · May 8, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Pre-colonial (1500–1884)

Osei Tutu and the Asante Confederation — federalism before Westphalia

5 min · May 6, 2026

Philosophy & Thought Colonial era (1884–1960s)

Equiano's narrative — Vincent Carretta, Paul Lovejoy, and the unresolved authorship question

2 min · May 4, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Independence era (1960s–2000)

Nkrumah's Pan-Africanism — what survived and what didn't

2 min · Apr 5, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

Kigali masterplan and the politics of relocation

1 min · Mar 31, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Pre-colonial (1500–1884)

Asante succession — the asantehene, the Queen Mother, and how the Golden Stool changed hands

2 min · Mar 30, 2026

Economic Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

Afreximbank's intra-African trade financing — the institutional theory of African trade plumbing

2 min · Mar 23, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Colonial era (1884–1960s)

Berlin 1884-1885 — reading the primary sources, with Adam Hochschild in hand

2 min · Mar 19, 2026

Economic Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

The EAC common external tariff — smallholder farmers and the East African industrialization bet

1 min · Mar 12, 2026

Modern Solutions Contemporary (2000–present)

Dar es Salaam BRT — Tanzania's lessons from Lagos and Bogotá

5 min · Mar 8, 2026

Economic Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

The Eco currency — what happened to the West African monetary union timeline

2 min · Mar 2, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Independence era (1960s–2000)

The Pan-African Congresses 1900-1945 — Du Bois, Padmore, Nkrumah and the lineage of an idea

2 min · Feb 17, 2026

Economic Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

AfCFTA at five — what has moved, and what is still mostly paperwork

1 min · Jan 16, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

ECOWAS, the Niger coup, and the AES exit — the unraveling of West African collective security

1 min · Jan 13, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Contemporary (2000–present)

AU institutional reform under Moussa Faki Mahamat — what was attempted, what stuck

2 min · Jan 12, 2026

Governance & Political Systems Colonial era (1884–1960s)

Bantustans and their long shadow — apartheid's territorial logic and its successors

2 min · Jan 8, 2026