The Sagacity

                  photo courtesy of Ashley's gallery  Sandy beaches, Swahili cuisine, old historic buildings, esteemed culture and religion need I mention more? This are just but a few of the fascinating things you'll find in the coastal region specifically; Mombasa. I'm a city girl so knowing that I would study in Mombasa was a whole new experience for me I can't say I was that exited, I honestly just wanted to get this done with and go back to Nairobi I guess when you've been staying somewhere for more than a decade it literally becomes a part of you.  The Technical University of Momabasa, that was where I would be spending my next couple of years, and I did. I still am actually. The reminisce of my life in university is what most of us call a perfect imbalance, somewhere in between good and bad but we all make the best out of everything, well at least some of us do. Walking into another different place far from home w...

.                      Photo courtesy of Google   We have a great advantage as a nation of young, vibrant and highly creative youth. They account for about 75% of Kenya’s population, according to the World Bank. Countries like Kenya, which have a relatively youthful population, stand on the runway of economic take-off if they find the correct formula to harness the energy, creativity and entrepreneurship that young people have to offer. The youth are an economic force that can both drive and create demand for goods and services especially due to the growing digital economy. How then can Kenya position itself to benefit from its youthful demographic while avoiding the potential political pitfall? One of the answers is to be found in the government’s Big Four Agenda . When the government invests directly or facilitates investment in attaining food security, building affordable homes, accelerating manufacturing an...