Today's Teenagers know how to spend money, but not necessarily how to spend it wisely. Many don't know how to make money in the first place, because it comes from their parent's magical tree. Those teens that work for their money, don't know how to make their money work for them. And those teens who are fortunate enough to accumulate a substantial amount of money will likely see it slip away, because they are not armed with tools and techniques necessary to protect their wealth. While our education system goes to great lengths in trying to make young people literate, it does not make them financially literate. In this book, Ge ...

Caregiving is universal. In the words of Rosalynne Carter, former First Lady of the United States, there are only four kinds of people in this world: Those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers. Since I have walked the path of all those four people, let me begin the conversation about life throwing you forcefully into your purpose and the decisions you make to keep making the world a better place through your experiences. For from our decisions come actions, and on extreme days, this is the line between ruin and abundance, between resignation and renewal, between life and death. ...

For eleven years, renowned feminist and gender-equality advocate, Dr. Hilda Tadria has worked with girls and young women as well as boys through her organisation MEMPROW (the Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women), which she founded with her husband in 2008. Part of the programme’s success has come about through encouraging them to tell their stories and move on. As a result, they have bloomed with self-confidence and positive self-esteem. When Dr. Tadria was asked (many times), “How have you done it in your personal life, working with the challenges of trying to change entrenched negative norms and thinking about women?” this memoir, STAND, was born. She realised that sh ...

This autobiography of former Central Bank of Kenya Governor Andrew K. Mullei first came to his mind when the then-Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya arraigned him in court, to answer charges that he had committed a crime by appointing four consultants to work for the CBK without following the laid-down procedures. Although these consultants had been hired properly and procedurally to investigate allegations of a flagrant breach of banking laws, Mr Mullei endured a challenging prosecution until, after a one-year trial proceeding, he was acquitted and fully vindicated. ...

I am a firm believer in the analogy of making lemonade out of life’s less-than-sweet moments. I have patented my own emotional brand of Survivor’s Lemonade. Once I could wrap my head around the fact that life isn’t always fair and that some days would be downright acidic, I abandoned the fairy godmothers or whoever is supposed to make magic and potions, and I invested in the beverage business. I urge you to read this book in order to find your own elixir that will power you to each victory, celebrating every day given to us at sunrise and sunset. ...

This book is about a boy who had the insight and support to go beyond the ordinary, against the elements and obstacles, to become a man who stands in the political arena, facilitating the dialogue and development that will take Africa and the world to the next level. From my days of scarcity to studying law and politics in the most developed nations in the world, I am honored to be part of transformation and history in the making. From daily ten-kilometer walks and school lessons under the trees to bringing infrastructure to my hometown, I am part of co-creating a better future, and I remain grateful for being able to live my purpose. When I reflect on my roots, in a remote, arid, and soc ...

Fork in the Road is my story, my experiences, and the lessons I have learned along my life’s path. I am a man of contemplation, decision, and action. I believe that moving forward is the only way to move. This trait has helped me in such a great way in my life, including bringing me to the point of writing this book so I can share with others my thoughts and insights, as well as my experiences. I hope to inspire my readers to have faith in their decisions and to act on them boldly. We all come to a “fork in the road” in our lives many times; how we face it and what we decide to do will determine our futures. For example, when a child is baptised or circumcised or initiated in any ...

I am a firm believer that we are here for a purpose. That purpose is to learn as much as we can and to use what we have learned to grow and to help others. This book is about using what we have within to help us overcome the challenges that life puts in our paths, and how, in doing so, we will grow and develop and achieve success and happiness in life. ...

As Africa changes, more people are moving to urban areas to make a living. Farming is what Africans know. How do we integrate this knowledge with a rapidly changing world? Farming The Future teaches how to create a living from your own backyard. From practical experience, Prof. Diana shares her passion for urban farming through the story of Kwagala Farm which is not only a successful farm but a training center for women and youth with over 600 women as alumni and highlights the many differences between conservative and urban agriculture, the use of technology to enhance agriculture and the need to teach the young stars about farming and agriculture. ...

3 Leadership Journeys, ONE Story examines the impact of culture and gender on African women leadership and, by implication, on the gender-equality struggles African women continue to face. The rich and lived experiences of fifteen prominent and phenomenal African Women Leaders (AWLs) shed light on their culture and gender driven challenges. The book is enriched by various stakeholders and actors who have a vested interest in gender equality efforts. Their contributions reveal positive aspects of African culture that promote gender equality, women's leadership, and their partnership with men in the hybrid cultural environment, in Africa and beyond. This book is a great resource for learnin ...

In Garden to Gut, author Dorine Mwesigwa shares her pains, her joys, and her experiences with food and cooking in order to illustrate revelations about the filth in the food industry along with her natural prescriptions for ensuring we all have a healthy gut. After years of battling with chronic constipation from a very early age, Dorine discovered her own gut-related issues were caused by food intolerances. She uses her experiences to share in highly researched detail many revelations about what is really going on in our guts, in our bodies, and in our communities. Then, combined with scientific and spiritual evidence, she offers targeted solutions for individual healing through dietary ...

WE HAVE OFTEN CONTEMPLATED the validity of the make or break of first impressions. Regardless of our standpoint on whether it is absolutely correct at a first encounter or whether we really get to know the “real” person, later on, there is something to be said for the power of Image. In a very superficial and diverse society, there may be a tendency to gravitate toward people like us or people who meet an aspirational standard. Somehow through our perceptive filters and misinformed stereotypes, we have come to confuse eloquence with intelligence, prophecy with practice, and material riches with happiness. We live in the world of “the profile” -- LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Tinde ...