The Power Dialogue Africa

🌍Africa's stage for conversation that matter by the people at the heart of the matter. #ThePowerDialogueAfrica 📩 [email protected]

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Hello, my name is Zeddy Bariti. I am the founder and host of The Power Dialogue Africa podcast. Welcome to this space where we showcase African brilliance in all its forms. 🌍🖤#ThePowerDialogueAfrica

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At some point, adulthood has to include knowing not to click “You have won an iPhone 17 Pro Max.”
According to cybersecurity expert Edwin Sikini, we have outsourced cybersecurity the same way we have outsourced changing light bulbs. If anything digital breaks, we call IT. If a suspicious email arrives, we call IT. If our phone says storage is full, we call IT.
Responsibility must start with you.
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Painful periods are not normal.
Endometriosis remains one of the most misunderstood, underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed and often dismissed conditions affecting women today. I’ll be speaking with Dr. Njagi for The Power Dialogue Africa Podcast. What would you like me to ask him?

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Gacharage Secondary just went up in flames. More than 180 children have died in boarding school fires in Kenya since the 1990s.

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Kenya may have just made the most consequential industrial policy move in Africa’s mobility transition.

The countries that dominate African mobility over the next 20 years may not be the ones with oil. They may be the ones building the charging networks, battery ecosystems and EV assembly capacity first.

I recently spoke to electric bus BasiGo MD Moses Nderitu on their efforts in Kenya and Rwanda and policy incentives that make a case for EVs.

Are you considering an electric vehicle? Here is our chat https://t.co/GaILUgEU2Y

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The Goldenberg scandal.

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The new Energy Regulations of 2026 could quietly become one of the most transformative shifts in Kenya's energy sector since liberalization began in the late 1990s.

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The most expensive thing to be in Africa is ambitious without collateral.

In Episode 33 of The Power Dialogue Africa, I sit down with Clement Onyango, Founder & CEO of Phoenix Capital Ltd, for a conversation that cuts to the core of Africa’s economic reality.

We speak about:
⭕ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐲𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞
⛔ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥
❌ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥
🌍 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 “𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠”

This episode is not just about business. It is about the systems that shape who gets to dream boldly and who gets left behind. 📅 Episode drops May 12.

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Have you ever lost 50 million in one day?

That’s not a hypothetical.
That’s a real question from Phoenix Capital Founder Clement Onyango and a reality he’s lived.

Episode 33 of The Power Dialogue Africa goes where most conversations avoid:
🔴 Collapse of bold Kenyan innovations like the Nyayo Car
🔴Goldenberg scandal
🔴Are we actually poor or just poorly financed?
🔴Do we really need Western validation to feel educated or worthy?

Because here’s the thing:
🟢Africa doesn’t lack ideas.
🟢It doesn’t lack ambition.
🟢It doesn’t even lack capital.

So what exactly keeps us stuck?
This conversation isn’t neat. It’s not motivational fluff. It is layered, messy, and necessary.

📅 Episode drops May 12.

If you have ever questioned how money, power, and identity intersect in Africa, this one will stay with you.

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What are the dangers of an electric vehicle?

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🌍Africa has the highest twin birth rates in the world driven by genetics and diet.
Top African countries for multiple births (per 1,000 births):
1️⃣ Benin
2️⃣ Nigeria
3️⃣ Chad
4️⃣ Cameroon
5️⃣ Côte d’Ivoire
6️⃣ Democratic Republic of Congo
7️⃣ Togo
8️⃣ Burkina Faso
9️⃣ Mali
🔟 Niger
West Africa records the highest natural twin rates globally.

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🇪🇹Did you know that was the first country to ban importation of non-electric vehicles?

Basigo MD Moses Nderitu takes the seat for Episode 32 out now! https://t.co/pZjxwWHzrs

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.@BasiGoKenya has began assembling electric vans with Associated Vehicle Assemblers with the first 22 units hitting the road this quarter.
On the next episode of The Power Dialogue Africa Podcast, we speak to BasiGo Kenya MD @moses_mnderitu on the road to 1000 spanning Kenyan and Rwanda aiming for the four corners of Africa. #thepowerdialogueafrica

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BasiGo begins Local Assembly of Electric Vans in Kenya

BasiGo has commenced local assembly of its electric vans in Kenya - the Ma3e model, delivering the country's first locally assembled electric vans. In partnership with Associated Vehicle Assemblers (AVA), a leading Kenyan contract manufacturer based in Mombasa, the vans are being built from Complete Knocked Down (CKD) kits, with the first 22 locally built units set for delivery to customers in April and May.

Designed for high-utilisation operations, the Ma3e has a range of up to 300 km (NEDC) and supports a broad set of use cases - including public transport service, school shuttles, corporate staff transport, airport transfers, and hotel shuttle services.

Over the past 10 months, BasiGo has been operating two electric vans on intercity routes, including Nyahururu-Nyeri-Nakuru and Nairobi-Thika. Their strong performance has validated both the product and the operating model, driving a reservation pipeline of over 500 units. Local assembly is now the critical next step to unlock scale of the Ma3e.

Looking ahead, BasiGo plans to deploy thousands of electric vans across Kenya, accelerating the country’s climate commitments and positioning Kenya as a blueprint for clean, inclusive transport solutions.

#Roadto1000 #ElectricMatatu

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There is a place in Kenya where the wind is so powerful, engineers thought the data was wrong.

Drive north toward Marsabit and you enter a different kind of force, one you can’t see, but can definitely feel. The corridor between Mount Kulal and the Ethiopian highlands channels wind with such intensity and consistency that early measurements raised eyebrows. Speeds were so high and stable, experts initially questioned the instruments. But the data held.

Today, this same corridor powers the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, the largest wind farm in Africa. With over 300 turbines stretching across a vast, almost surreal landscape, it contributes roughly 15% of Kenya’s electricity capacity.

Africa doesn’t lack resources. It often lacks the systems to translate potential into equitable access. The Power Dialogue Africa brings this dimension to the fore reframing places like northern Marsabit not as remote frontiers, but as strategic engines of Africa’s energy future. Because telling Africa’s story differently is how we unlock its potential visibly, collectively and at scale.

Did you know this about Marsabit? Africa is full of hidden powerhouses, what is one you have seen or heard about?

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Petrol at KSh 231.68. Next week. Kenya has just weeks of fuel in reserve. I sat down with Dr. Eng. @MativoMJohn to break down what happens next.

📺 Full conversation now on the Power Dialogue Africa.

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Unpopular opinion: To attract tourists, make your cities and country LIVABLE for the residents. Put up attractions for the residents primarily and improve their living standards. Then advertise those to tourists. The "Foreign Gaze" in African tourism needs to die!