Let's Create Africa

Hi! When we founded LCA in 2014,our belief was the same as is: Africa. Ideas. Reality. 'We Create Opportunities.' #letscreateafrica Retweets NOT Endorsements!!

[Tim Kipchumba @TimKipchumba]

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Stop wasting months trying to get hired for a remote job.

These websites can help you land a dream remote job in 15days:
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C/O : Bishal Nandi
#mentorthon @mentorthon #kaitsait #itesait

[Michael Thrower Chowdhury @BevansAdvocate]

10 Great Papers to Expand Your Econ Frameworks
1) Rational Fools - Amartya Sen
Sen at his best, engaging with Econ models whilst having a strong philosophical background. This paper presents insightful challenges to revealed preference theory.
https://t.co/2LsWosl3wS

[Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey]

GO DIRECT: THE MANIFESTO

I. TRADITIONAL PR IS DEAD.

For too long, founders have yielded control over their narratives to media and middlemen.

Before the internet, it was by necessity. The way to reach large audiences was through the media, and the way to get media coverage was through professional publicists.

Today, most of the planet is directly reachable by social media or email. There’s no longer a need to go through traditional gatekeepers of information and brokers of reputation — especially as their own credibility has plummeted.

The old PR playbook of relying on third parties with misaligned interests is obsolete.

But while the world has changed, comms norms have not. Still encased in amber are the old habits: prioritizing media over social media, fishing for clicks instead of fostering communities, and avoiding risk by recycling worn-out tactics.

“Corporate communications” itself is now an oxymoron, as nothing meaningful can be communicated by a faceless committee. If press releases read like they were written by a baker’s dozen of middle managers, that’s because they were. Their only discernible purpose seems to be to avoid upsetting anyone and jeopardizing the future job prospects of those middle managers.

The resulting stories are bland and generic, with passion reduced to pablum. Traditional comms is an anachronism.

II. COMMUNICATION IS THE FOUNDER’S JOB.

For a decade, we’ve been told that tech founders are cartoon villains, venture-funded startups are grifts, and new technologies will destroy us all.

Maybe there was a time when founders could just focus on building — they were seen by the media establishment as a curiosity, not a threat to the natural hierarchy who needed to be put in their place. But if that time ever existed, it is now long gone.

You may not be interested in The Discourse, but it is interested in you. And if you bow out, you are forfeiting your license to build a movement and thus build a company.

Building a movement is hard, but it must be done, and it must be done by founders. A founder’s passion, vision, and conviction can’t be simulated by others — least of all the press-release-enjoying middle managers already scouting for their next jobs.

The best spokesperson for any endeavor is not the one who has the most polish, the longest tenure, or the “right” credentials. It’s the person who holds the secret knowledge upon which the enterprise is built, the person who can not only describe the idea but, in the face of inevitable opposition, fight for it and win.

Founders need to take their narrative as seriously as they take the rockets or robots. They would never outsource their product — and when it comes to convincing others to support the mission, the story is the product. Outsourcing comms is as bad as outsourcing code.

As evangelists, founders are irreplaceable.

III. GO DIRECT OR GO HOME.

Going direct to the people who matter is how founders retain control over their narratives and preserve their companies’ uniqueness. Those who are stubborn, unorthodox, and disagreeable should never have their edges filed down for fear of offending entrenched interests.

But going direct doesn’t mean going it alone. It doesn’t mean refusing help or spurning others who can amplify your message. And it certainly doesn’t mean just poasting more.

Going direct means crafting and telling your own story, without being dependent on intermediaries.

Just as founders might have more natural talents at product, management, or engineering, some founders will be naturals at communicating while others have a harder time.

The good news is that going direct and building a movement, while not easy, are skills that can be developed with discipline and time. The bad news is that, unlike with engineering or management, communications failures are immediately public and personally humiliating. It’s not surprising that many are loathe to take on this responsibility.

At the same time, founders willing to pick up that gauntlet will find that it gives them a massive edge in recruiting, fundraising, selling, and shaping the information environment needed for their companies to thrive.

IV. IT’S TIME TO REBUILD THE ROSTRA.

At the center of Rome, as it transitioned from a Republic to an Empire, stood a speaker’s platform from which the city’s leaders would address the public directly.

It was called the Rostra, so named because it stood atop the captured battle rams (or rostrums) of enemy warships. From here, speeches were given that would sway opinion, change regimes, and alter history.

That physical structure has been lost to time, but we now have something much more powerful: a free and open internet with which to build a speaker’s platform of limitless scale. All we need is the will to build it.

The conventional way of communicating has its allure. Outsource your message, let some removed third party go through the motions of getting “impressions,” and spare yourself the risks and discomfort that come with putting your own name on the line.

But that way is incompatible with greatness.

Reject convention — build your own platform, build your own audience, and build your own narrative.

Go direct.

[#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia @wmnjoya]

Those who are watching how Kenya's plans with Haiti are unfolding, how's that "the arts are useless to the market" or "it's all about talent" working for you? Or should we be sending TVET graduates in plumbing to Haiti, perhaps?

[Edwin Sifuna @edwinsifuna]

😂😂 Ngai fafa

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

High Court declares recruitment of 1,406 revenue service assistants by KRA unconstitutional, says two communities favoured

[Sarah Kimani @sarahkimani]

An MP sat in parliament through first to third reading of a law that says farmers will pay tax on their cash crops. Today he joined the same farmers to complain about the taxes in a public meeting, even chasing away KRA agents.

[Heer Shingala ✍️👩‍🍳🤹‍♀️ @noheeriye]

This PMM from Spain got laid off so she made this video to stand out in the job market and I loveeee itttt. It's broken LinkedIn!

[Mwango Capital @MwangoCapital]

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬:

1. This week we learnt that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua spent KES 10.3M on curtains & KES 7.9M on furniture in FY 22/23 and that his residence renovation project has a KES 600M budget.

#MwangoMemes

[Bishal Nandi @LearnWithBishal]

The Internet is beautiful.

I've spent the last 3 years collecting the best websites.

Here's a list of my 8 best picks:

🔖10/10 would Bookmark:

[Gabriel Oguda @gabrieloguda]

Even among the medical fraternity, the fear is gone, and the clouds are gathering.

[Kenyans.co.ke @Kenyans]

New bill seeks to extend maternity and paternity leave as an option with half pay for employees

[#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia @wmnjoya]

My @KenyaPower_Care has doubled in the last 2 months. My consumption hasn't. Surprisingly, I'm not angry. I've had enough with this government and its imperial masters. Anger is a sign of care. And I don't care. Both politicians and civil servants are unworthy of my care.

[NTSA KENYA @ntsa_kenya]

How to acquire the NEW NUMBER PLATES

[Mohamed Wehliye, MBS @WehliyeMohamed]

The exchange rate is affected by demand and supply. Kibaki left us with FX debt of $8b. Enough to service it from the reserves. Uhuru left us with FX debt of almost $40b (almsot 6 times the reserves he left behind). Context is good Pauline!

[Gabriel Oguda @gabrieloguda]

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna visited the Food For Education school feeding programme that Governor Johnson Sakaja has been alleging is a County Gov't project, only to discover that the money parents pay for food is being pocketed at source. Bwana, what country is this?

[#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia @wmnjoya]

He has a job abroad. Isn't that what Kenya Kwanza is advertising every day?

If you want him to be an ambassador, give him that job and pay. It's not Larry's job to work for free for a state that has nothing to market abroad except begging.

[Femi One @Femi_One]

1st march because if you don’t stand up for something you’ll for anything . Lovely scenes pale mama taa alipozimiwa mataa #endfemicide #totalshutdownke

[Francis Gaitho @FGaitho237]

The affordable housing scam. Anyways sisi watu wa Ruiru na Juja Farm hayatuhusu.

[University of Nairobi @uonbi]

H.E President William Ruto has appointed Prof. Dr. Patrick Verkooijen as the New Chancellor for a five-year term. Prof. Dr. Verkooijen is a distinguished environmentalist with a wealth of experience and expertise. Prof Patrick V. Verkooijen succeeds Dr. Vijoo Rattansi, who served the University with dedication for 10 years.

#WeAreUoN