My Op-Ed on Kenya’s digital taxi fare debate has been published in The Star today.
The headline captures the point clearly: Digital taxi now too important to be regulated casually. This debate has moved very quickly from driver frustration and social media commentary into a much bigger national conversation about public policy, platform work, passenger affordability, driver welfare, competition, and the future of Kenya’s gig
[New Podcast] Airtel Money Kenya’s Michael Bonke On Winning 14M More Users, Bizna Wallet & The Future Of Digital Finance
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Bonke, the new Acting Managing Director of Airtel Money Kenya for the Pure Digital Passion Podcast. We recorded the conversation immediately after Airtel Money launched its new Bizna Wallet for small businesses together with its enhanced
[New Podcast] Produce in Shillings. License in Dollars: Jason Corder’s Plan for African Media
I met Jason Corder last week to discuss NorthSouth Media, the Nairobi-based film and creator infrastructure company he founded earlier this year. Somewhere along the way, our meeting became what I like to call a “gangster podcast.” A gangster podcast is not a highly produced studio recording with multiple cameras,