AI was once expected to revolutionize agriculture, but some major investments have failed. In Kenya, smaller companies are taking a practical approach, using generative AI to create tools tailored to farmers’ real needs.
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports.
Over the weekend, former president Uhuru Kenyatta and his family attended the wedding of one of their heirs. It started at Don Bosco Shrine in Upper Hill, where a simple church wedding was conducted before everyone proceeded to Muthaiga for a garden reception. The reception was simple, classy and full of fun and games.
At some point, the guests basically turned the place into a live podcast for the rich. There was no MC shouting Bag niya nini? As y’all can see, it was a big wedding without fimbo za Maasai, those funny Nigerian regalia tailored by that fundi mkora from the lakeside, or people spraying money as they sing zobu zobu.
No helicopters dropping wash wash mikoras & politicians, no bridesmaids dressed like Christmas decorations, no balloons fighting for oxygen. Just a simple, expensive, well themed wedding. Even the wedding dress was not complicated. Just simple, decent and demure.
No 17 layers of tulle, no dress occupying three seats in the reception, no bride looking like she’s carrying the entire wedding budget on her shoulders. Lakini huyo fundi Mmoja needs to stop being monotonous,, amekua too much!! 🤦🏽♂️
There was all sorts of food including sea food that guests didn't even bother to eat. The Alcohol that was being served there was nothing short of Don Julio & Glen, pombe huwa tunazionea tu 1824 where the wealthy go to enjoy rhumba & old school music on Sundays.
Indeed, there is a difference between being rich and being wealthy. Behavioural patterns tell the story. One side is loud, the other is calm. One side wants everyone to know they have money, the other side assumes you already know.
We call it old money. It doesn't shout for attention. Old money speaks in whispers. Sometimes the only evidence is the family tree, the surname and the fact that nobody is asking “How much was the venue? Guests came carrying cheques, small boxes probably gold watches & diamond necklaces.
Kule kwa walala hoii & wannabe middle-class ni Kitanda, Gas cooker, mattress, skeleton sofas & duvet ndio hupeanwo. Another day to remind Wanjiku that marrying into wealth is not a CV application. You cannot expect to marry into a wealthy family when the most expensive asset in your name is an iPhone 17 that you spent nights inspecting ceilings to acquire it.
Nobody is coming to rescue you and your relatives from poverty Njoki. Life is not a Nigerian movie where a mysterious billionaire uncle arrives in a Range Rover & asks for your hand in Mareej.
With your certificate in catering, a father’s homestead sitting on a 50×100 plot somewhere in Kiharu, and your biggest family investment being a chicken that disappears every Christmas, sahau kuolewa kwa matajiri. The best you can get may be a teacher, police officer or fellow hustlers like us.
But getting married into generational wealth? My sistaa that one requires more than a nice dress, good selfies, nose ring, tattoo & good blow job skills. The rich may marry the rich, wewe shinda hapo na hizo standard zako za matakataka na kwenyu hakuna mtu ashai kula sushi. Kama kawa sisi walala hoii hatuna maoni, Letu Jicho tu.👀
"You don't know how painful it is to earn that shilling, all you do is eat" - Kenyan Gen-Z lady records a conversation with her mother, labels her a "narcissistic mother".
Men,
You are either a man in the PHALLIC phase or a man in the METALLIC phase.
Phallic comes from phallus or penis while metallic is from metal.
A man in the phallic phase is dick driven. He thinks about sex and other forms of pleasure all the time.
He might be 40 years old but very childish and stupid.
He is a dickhead!
"My dick is small, how can I elongate it?"
Males at the phallic stage:
- Masturbation
- Porn
- Promiscuity
- Alcoholics
- Betting
- Rapists
Their lives are dick driven.
They think with their penis.
They think about their penis.
On the other hand, a man in the metallic phase has a mettle spirit and a metal mindset.
- Working out: Physical fitness
- Fasting
- Reads books & writes journals
- Building & monetizing skills
- Pursues his purpose
- Embraces singularity & spirituality
He is a productive man with a mettle spirit and a metallic mindset.
80% of men in this channel are still in the phallus phase.
#MasculinitySaturday
The world map you've known all your life is wrong! Nearly every country at the UN voted to adopt a new map that shows a more accurate size of Africa after ~500 years of "symbolic minimization."
Only the US voted against it.
I explained why this is important on CNN
Kenyan lawyer Nadia Nthia breaks down the #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests on @SABCNews explaining the potential ramifications of some proposed tax adjustments that have been sidelined by the media's preoccupation with trivial aspects of the bill.