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I Wish I Had More Time 29 Jul 2013 | 11:10 pm
I wish I had more time. More time to see, more time to feel, more time to think. But time, just like life, moves on and stops for no one. Our journey in Africa was a blur. Our time was short and ou....
Biofuels At A Crossroads 29 Jul 2013 | 07:17 pm
Can biofuels play a significant part in the fuel market by 2030? In partnership with National Geographic’s Great Energy Challenge, we ask some of the experts in the biofuels arena what it will take t...
Karibu Sana, You Are Most Welcome! 16 Jul 2013 | 02:41 am
After being back in the US for nearly two weeks, our trip to Africa seems like a distant dream. All too soon, the rhythm and monotony of having a routine and being on a schedule has set right back in....
Persistence is Key! 27 Jun 2013 | 06:48 pm
Persistence is one of the defining factors of a successful journalist. However, there is a fine line between persistence and pestering and over the last 14 years I’m sure I’ve blurred that line on var...
The Circle of Life 26 Jun 2013 | 03:40 am
Growing up with The Lion King, we learned about the “circle of life.” While the movie was just a cartoon, out in the Maasai Mara, it’s all real. Driving around the vast 583 sq miles of land and seeing...
The Action on Climate Speech: Facts, Perspectives and Ideas 26 Jun 2013 | 01:15 am
On Tuesday afternoon President Obama laid out an ambitious and wide-ranging climate agenda in a speech at Georgetown University, calling for reductions in greenhouse gasses, caps on emissions from exi...
Kibera and community based solutions 25 Jun 2013 | 08:53 pm
The Kibera Slum Kibera: the largest slum in Nairobi, the biggest in Africa and the third largest in the world. Between 500,000 and 1 million people live here. But, as an informal settlement, it’s har...
The innovation lies within the people 21 Jun 2013 | 09:47 am
Nairobi is a city of contradictions. Its a bustling metropolis and capital of Kenya, home to an estimated 3.5 million people. Yet its also plagued with intense traffic jams (can take upwards of 2 hour...
Just a Little More Motivation 21 Jun 2013 | 12:49 am
When I think back at all the stories and traveling we have done, it’s hard to believe that we are only at the half way mark of our trip. In just 10 days we have visited three countries and five cities...
Simple Is The Solution 20 Jun 2013 | 11:44 pm
Innovation in America is about bigger, better, and way more bling. It’s about the latest gadget and gizmo. And it’s about the thing that could transform the entire world. Innovations in Africa are mor...
