Sweat equity
Near Kinshasa’s biggest airport, I happened to catch sight of what might be its only train. It makes the blue metal boxes clanking through…
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Of reconciliation, reunion and returns–the $$ kind
Thanks to Diana for sending this link from CNN, where Christiane Amanpour just did a story about justice, forgiveness, living wages… Amanpour’s story is…
Read MoreLike water, below the equator, the law of supply and demand runs the other way…
Sometimes, business decisions here don’t make a lot of sense. There are lots of examples I hear from people who work in big business,…
Read MoreRwanda’s street kids or America’s homeless: Who’s poorer?
A friend recently spent a month in California. While there, he took a trip to Venice Beach, and from the sounds of it, everything…
Read MoreThe civics of capitalism
I ran into an article today that raises a point similar to one that troubled me earlier, about the seeming panacea of purchasing power….
Read MoreShort is the new tall
Coffee, that is. That’s right, people. There’s a Starbucks-like coffee shop in Kigali. Only here, a tall is a medium. Even for those of…
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