John Odera @johnodech

@RamzZy_ Congratulations

"She saved a stranger’s child with $15. Decades later, she discovered why he had been searching for her. In 1982, a Kenyan boy named Chris Mburu stood on the brink of losing everything. He was the brightest student in his rural district, studying by lamplight inside an earthen house without electricity. But his family could not afford his school fees. Without help, his education would end — along with any chance of escaping a life spent picking coffee in the fields. Meanwhile, across the world in Sweden, an 80-year-old kindergarten teacher named Hilde Back came across a notice for a child sponsorship program. She chose a name from a list: Chris Mburu, Kenya. She began sending $15 every school term. There was no recognition, no expectation of gratitude — just a quiet decision to help a child she believed she would never meet. That small amount changed everything. Chris stayed in school. Over time, he and Hilde exchanged letters. She asked about his teachers, his studies, and his dreams. Through her words, he realized she wasn’t just part of an organization. She was a real person who believed in him. And he never forgot her. Chris eventually graduated at the top of his law class at the University of Nairobi. He later earned a Fulbright scholarship to Harvard. He went on to become a United Nations human rights lawyer, helping prosecute genocide and crimes against humanity around the world. Yet one thing always weighed on his heart. He had never properly thanked the woman who made his journey possible. In truth, he barely knew who she was. In 2001, Chris founded a scholarship program for children like himself — talented students from poor families whose potential might otherwise be lost. He asked the Swedish Ambassador in Kenya to help him locate his mysterious sponsor so he could name the foundation after her. They found her. Hilde Back. Still alive. Still living quietly in Sweden. Chris traveled to meet her for the first time. He expected to meet a wealthy philanthropist. Instead, he found a humble, warm woman living simply — genuinely surprised that anyone considered her actions remarkable. Then filmmaker Jennifer Arnold began documenting their reunion. During her research, she uncovered something Hilde had never told Chris. Hilde Back had not been born in Sweden. She was born in Nazi Germany in 1922 to a Jewish family. At sixteen, when Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws banned Jewish children from attending school, strangers helped smuggle her to Sweden. Her parents stayed behind because Sweden’s refugee policies did not allow older Jews to enter. Both were later sent to concentration camps. Her father died there. Her mother disappeared, never to be heard from again. Hilde survived the Holocaust because strangers helped her escape. She lost her own education because of who she was. Fifty years later, she quietly paid for the education of a child across the world — a child who would grow up to fight the same hatred that destroyed her family. When Chris learned her story, he wept. Hilde, meanwhile, had no idea that the boy she sponsored had devoted his life to prosecuting genocide. In 2003, Hilde traveled to Kenya for the inauguration of the Hilde Back Education Fund. The entire village welcomed her as an honorary elder. In 2012, she returned again to celebrate her 90th birthday, surrounded by hundreds of children whose futures had been transformed through her generosity. Hilde Back passed away on January 13, 2021, at the age of 98. Today, the Hilde Back Education Fund has supported nearly 1,000 Kenyan children in continuing their education. Many have graduated from universities around the world. Many now give back — mentoring younger students and contributing monthly donations to support the next generation. One woman. Fifteen dollars. One child. That child created a foundation. That foundation changed hundreds of lives. And those lives continue to change others.

The New York Times just profiled Aliko Dangote and the story is wild. A man worth over $30 billion who once had homes in multiple countries, drove Ferraris and Rolls-Royces, threw fancy parties, then sold everything and said “Some of us need to rescue the country.” He poured $20 billion into building the world’s largest single-train refinery near Lagos. 650,000 barrels of crude oil processed daily. He imported thousands of trucks from China. Built roads. Constructed a jetty. All with private capital. Think about what he was trying to solve. Nigeria is one of the world’s largest crude oil producers. Yet for decades, we exported raw crude and imported refined fuel at a premium. We were literally selling the ingredient and buying back the finished product. The economics of dependency at its finest. That refinery doesn’t just change fuel supply. It changes the foreign exchange equation. It changes the trade balance. It shifts the entire conversation about what African capital can do when it’s deployed at home instead of consumed abroad. Critics will point to his privileged start, the cement monopoly accusations, and question whether this is polished PR. Fair enough. No story is one sided. But here’s what nobody can argue: Dangote bet his fortune on production, not consumption. On building, not buying. On solving a structural problem that governments failed to fix for 60 years. That’s not just a business decision. That’s a blueprint.

Hincapie and Havertz for Leverkusen. Ødegaard for Bodo/Glimt (Gyokeres if it’s Sporting). Gyokeres for Atletico (Eze if it’s Spurs). Nelli for Barca highline (Saka if it’s Newcastle). Declan Rice if Madrid gets to the final

If 1. Safaricom sh 240 billion deal goes through. 2. EABL sh 300 billion goes through 3. Kenya Pipeline Sh 106 billion deal is successfully concluded. 4. NCBA 66% stake sale for sh 110 billion. 5. Family bank likely listing this year. Should be around sh 50 billion Total deals value: sh 806 billion This is the year total equity turnover may hit sh 800 billion plus. And definitely @NSE_PLC is a stock to watch out this year.

Ski Beatz speaks on the making of Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents" beat 🔥

since y’all are so in love with my ululations.. I’ll now be taking birthday’s, weddings and general hype needs.. just let me know when ☺️💖

Sickle cell medicine is out! Oh how I love science😫 I have much respect for smart people!🙌🏾 thank you for making our lives easier

@AfricanHub_ Unnecessary, the focus should be decent and safe transportation.

John 6:35

🚨 JUST IN! Arteta on the rivalry with Pep and City: "I prefer this reaction much more than someone clapping my back after the game and saying: ‘Well done, you guys are in the right direction’. This is why I do what I do."

𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈... ✈️🎟️ #acsparta | #UEL

🚨🔴⚪️ Understand Arsenal have now formally activated the buy option for David Raya from Brentford. He’s Arsenal player on permanent deal for £27m as planned; it was already decided and now completed. Formal statement to follow but all done for Raya as key part of #AFC project.

🙌 We are so delighted to announce the second cohort of TerraFund for #AFR100! 92 projects & enterprises will grow 12.7 million trees and restore land in Kenya’s Greater Rift Valley, the Lake Kivu & Rusizi River Basin & the Ghana Cocoa Belt. #GenerationRestoration

@nonewthing Defender of space

@lando_oberana Congratulations

@Arsenal Robbed

@bhavss14 Bad man

Managing Post Harvest Losses It is harvest season in some parts of the country. A number of maize farmers are already counting losses as their crop rots away in the farms due to the heavy rains that have been pounding the region. #NTVTonight @GKudaka

@danielmarven @Savevidnow