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Essays on impact investing, entrepreneurship in Africa, and the inner life of people who try to change things. Everything lives on Substack; this list updates from there.
8 Oct 2026Agentic AI at the heart of early stage investing and acceleration in AfricaThis is what Impact Amplifier is hard at work on
21 Sep 2026The AI workflow that runs my health and daily lifeOnce your data’s in one place, “personalised health” is not a buzzword, its a reality on a Tuesday morning when a bad habit pops up, and flashes you red
17 Sep 2026The surprise of discovering Real Food inflation in South Africa using six years of weekly shopping receipts.What our family’s Woolworths basket reveals about the cost of living — August 2026
14 Sep 2026The God of What Is - A PoemA poem I wrote many years ago at a difficult moment in my life (the archetypal mid-life)
13 Sep 2026Just 8 Naked Men - A PoemMen sweating out their lives 
9 Sep 2026The AI workflow which persistently tracks my dreams and guides my lifeIf you want a super power into your own psyche - here it is mapped out
10 Aug 2026The lessons of Dune and the Odyssey collide at just the right momentThe parallels between our wars today fought over oceans and deserts, and where we collectively and psychologically move after the damage is done. 
18 Mar 2026Desert Power: Echoes of Frank Herbert’s Dune in the Iranian WarHow sci-fi written in the mid 20th century can predict future geopolitical outcomes
21 Sep 2026The AI workflow that runs my health and daily lifeOnce your data’s in one place, “personalised health” is not a buzzword, its a reality on a Tuesday morning when a bad habit pops up, and flashes you red
17 Sep 2026The surprise of discovering Real Food inflation in South Africa using six years of weekly shopping receipts.What our family’s Woolworths basket reveals about the cost of living — August 2026
14 Sep 2026The God of What Is - A PoemA poem I wrote many years ago at a difficult moment in my life (the archetypal mid-life)
13 Sep 2026Just 8 Naked Men - A PoemMen sweating out their lives
9 Sep 2026The AI workflow which persistently tracks my dreams and guides my lifeIf you want a super power into your own psyche - here it is mapped out
10 Aug 2026The lessons of Dune and the Odyssey collide at just the right momentThe parallels between our wars today fought over oceans and deserts, and where we collectively and psychologically move after the damage is done.
18 Mar 2026Desert Power: Echoes of Frank Herbert’s Dune in the Iranian WarHow sci-fi written in the mid 20th century can predict future geopolitical outcomes
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