Kassaga J. Arinaitwe
@kassaga4africa.bsky.social
Entrepreneur, Writer & Storyteller | Education, health & climate justice advocate | Championing moral leadership & education as liberation | Africa’s story is global history—I tell it with truth | Posts mine, reposts aren’t endorsements
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Africa's Future, Unity, and the End of the Debt Trap | Prof Jeffrey Sachs and Prof Hippolyte Fofack
YouTube video by GIBS Business School
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Africa’s wake-up alarm has sounded. 🚨
Unite under a functional bloc — or lose the future to global power plays. Will our political leaders act ? Watch below 👇🏾
youtu.be/p9L1LN-8MJ8
Unite under a functional bloc — or lose the future to global power plays. Will our political leaders act ? Watch below 👇🏾
youtu.be/p9L1LN-8MJ8
Africa’s wake-up alarm has sounded. 🚨
Unite under a functional bloc — or lose the future to global power plays. Will our political leaders act ? Watch below 👇🏾
youtu.be/p9L1LN-8MJ8
Unite under a functional bloc — or lose the future to global power plays. Will our political leaders act ? Watch below 👇🏾
youtu.be/p9L1LN-8MJ8
Africa's Future, Unity, and the End of the Debt Trap | Prof Jeffrey Sachs and Prof Hippolyte Fofack
YouTube video by GIBS Business School
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Africa’s wake-up alarm has sounded. 🚨
Unite under a functional bloc — or lose the future to global power plays. Will our political leaders act ? Watch below 👇🏾
youtu.be/p9L1LN-8MJ8
Unite under a functional bloc — or lose the future to global power plays. Will our political leaders act ? Watch below 👇🏾
youtu.be/p9L1LN-8MJ8
Mahmood Mamdani’s “Slow Poison” is essential reading for understanding #Uganda’s trajectory from Presidents #Amin to #Museveni. A clear-eyed examination of how violence, international politics &neoliberal reforms shaped a nation. About Uganda’s present through its past.
#Uganda #AfricanPolitics
#Uganda #AfricanPolitics
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Mahmood Mamdani’s “Slow Poison” is essential reading for understanding #Uganda’s trajectory from Presidents #Amin to #Museveni. A clear-eyed examination of how violence, international politics &neoliberal reforms shaped a nation. About Uganda’s present through its past.
#Uganda #AfricanPolitics
#Uganda #AfricanPolitics
Such a clear and crisp articulation of issues that are so easily confused and used as scapegoating by politicians particularly those on the wrong side of #humanity & #History Kudos to you @jamestalarico.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Such a clear and crisp articulation of issues that are so easily confused and used as scapegoating by politicians particularly those on the wrong side of #humanity & #History Kudos to you @jamestalarico.bsky.social
Education is democracy’s first breath—
and its first suffocation.
Where learning is stifled,
health falters,
livelihoods shrink,
and conscience dies slow in the dust.
For the soul of a nation cannot live
where minds are chained.
My lates reflection->#https://bit.ly/4nlKHzs
and its first suffocation.
Where learning is stifled,
health falters,
livelihoods shrink,
and conscience dies slow in the dust.
For the soul of a nation cannot live
where minds are chained.
My lates reflection->#https://bit.ly/4nlKHzs
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Education is democracy’s first breath—
and its first suffocation.
Where learning is stifled,
health falters,
livelihoods shrink,
and conscience dies slow in the dust.
For the soul of a nation cannot live
where minds are chained.
My lates reflection->#https://bit.ly/4nlKHzs
and its first suffocation.
Where learning is stifled,
health falters,
livelihoods shrink,
and conscience dies slow in the dust.
For the soul of a nation cannot live
where minds are chained.
My lates reflection->#https://bit.ly/4nlKHzs
Learned from the great speeches by #FrederickDouglas!
October 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Learned from the great speeches by #FrederickDouglas!
What would it take to reimagine #education so students can break cycles of inequity and shape a better future! Hear from Uganda, 🇺🇬 #Peru #Zimbabwe & NewZealand #TACLGuide! #UNGA80 #SDG4
September 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What would it take to reimagine #education so students can break cycles of inequity and shape a better future! Hear from Uganda, 🇺🇬 #Peru #Zimbabwe & NewZealand #TACLGuide! #UNGA80 #SDG4
Great discussion going today at #EducationHouse #UNGA80 #SDGA. The main question “What will it take to equip students to shape a better future?” #NataliaEtten of @TeachForUkraine shared: Why don’t we make a movie about the magic 🪄 teachers create in the classroom daily?
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great discussion going today at #EducationHouse #UNGA80 #SDGA. The main question “What will it take to equip students to shape a better future?” #NataliaEtten of @TeachForUkraine shared: Why don’t we make a movie about the magic 🪄 teachers create in the classroom daily?
Reposted by Kassaga J. Arinaitwe
My son Russell began kindergarten in the U.S., I reflected on my own path — from a mother who sent me away to start school, a grandmother 👵🏾 who kept me in class, to the Raineys who funded my college. Knowing our history is our power. 🙏🏾👇🏾
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
#education #immigrant #gratitude
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#education #immigrant #gratitude
My son loved his first day of kindergarten. It brings up my own bittersweet memories
When his son began kindergarten this week, educator James Kassaga Arinaitwe flashed back to his own initiation into school, growing up in Uganda under far humbler circumstances.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My son Russell began kindergarten in the U.S., I reflected on my own path — from a mother who sent me away to start school, a grandmother 👵🏾 who kept me in class, to the Raineys who funded my college. Knowing our history is our power. 🙏🏾👇🏾
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
#education #immigrant #gratitude
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
#education #immigrant #gratitude
What is to be Human?
August 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What is to be Human?
Reposted by Kassaga J. Arinaitwe
"There are no Republican or Democratic thermometers" --
@chrfield.bsky.social on the overwhelming evidence of climate change, while President Trump ramps up oil + gas production (already at record highs), and halts any actions by the US govt to address climate change. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
@chrfield.bsky.social on the overwhelming evidence of climate change, while President Trump ramps up oil + gas production (already at record highs), and halts any actions by the US govt to address climate change. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Trump aggressively working to dismantle U.S. efforts to fight climate change
Among the many big moves taken by the Trump administration, boosting fossil fuel development has been a priority. In a series of actions, President Trump is following through on his promise not just t...
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February 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"There are no Republican or Democratic thermometers" --
@chrfield.bsky.social on the overwhelming evidence of climate change, while President Trump ramps up oil + gas production (already at record highs), and halts any actions by the US govt to address climate change. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
@chrfield.bsky.social on the overwhelming evidence of climate change, while President Trump ramps up oil + gas production (already at record highs), and halts any actions by the US govt to address climate change. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Reposted by Kassaga J. Arinaitwe
The Trump Administration's cuts to USAID have reverberated around the world. Last night on @pbsnews.org - producer @mollykraskin.bsky.social and I looked at the impact this is having in Kenya, specifically on the fight to control HIV/AIDS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5S...
How USAID cuts are impacting the fight against HIV in Kenya
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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June 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Trump Administration's cuts to USAID have reverberated around the world. Last night on @pbsnews.org - producer @mollykraskin.bsky.social and I looked at the impact this is having in Kenya, specifically on the fight to control HIV/AIDS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5S...
At #HLC2025 in Doha, leaders from Afghanistan, Palestine, Bangladesh & Uganda brought a carpet, a key, a painting & a seed shaker—not as metaphors, but as powerful reminders that real leadership begins with humanity, resilience & presence. A must-read from @AishwaryaShetty: bit.ly/4n58O6l
June 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
At #HLC2025 in Doha, leaders from Afghanistan, Palestine, Bangladesh & Uganda brought a carpet, a key, a painting & a seed shaker—not as metaphors, but as powerful reminders that real leadership begins with humanity, resilience & presence. A must-read from @AishwaryaShetty: bit.ly/4n58O6l
EdLaunch Africa Pitch Day 🌍📚
By 2050, 1 in 4 people will be African. That’s not a stat—it’s a call to action.
In Harare, 14 bold alumni pitched ventures tackling education challenges across the continent. 5 won seed funding. All are building Africa’s education future.
Support them! @TeachForAll!
By 2050, 1 in 4 people will be African. That’s not a stat—it’s a call to action.
In Harare, 14 bold alumni pitched ventures tackling education challenges across the continent. 5 won seed funding. All are building Africa’s education future.
Support them! @TeachForAll!
June 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
EdLaunch Africa Pitch Day 🌍📚
By 2050, 1 in 4 people will be African. That’s not a stat—it’s a call to action.
In Harare, 14 bold alumni pitched ventures tackling education challenges across the continent. 5 won seed funding. All are building Africa’s education future.
Support them! @TeachForAll!
By 2050, 1 in 4 people will be African. That’s not a stat—it’s a call to action.
In Harare, 14 bold alumni pitched ventures tackling education challenges across the continent. 5 won seed funding. All are building Africa’s education future.
Support them! @TeachForAll!
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Radiating a strawberry-like red and pink glow, June’s Strawberry Moon peaked in illumination at 3:44 a.m. ET.
See stunning images of June's Strawberry Moon
The name for the luminous full moon comes from Native tribes and marks the time when strawberries ripen.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Radiating a strawberry-like red and pink glow, June’s Strawberry Moon peaked in illumination at 3:44 a.m. ET.
#Doha is emerging as a global hub for peace talks. Just a month ago, I joined the Humanitarian Leadership Summit there. In a world of conflict and crisis, peace must be built on education. Read my reflections via INEE: —>https://bit.ly/3GQmaTy
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#Doha is emerging as a global hub for peace talks. Just a month ago, I joined the Humanitarian Leadership Summit there. In a world of conflict and crisis, peace must be built on education. Read my reflections via INEE: —>https://bit.ly/3GQmaTy
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
Reposted by Kassaga J. Arinaitwe
Doha is emerging as a global hub for peace talks. Just a month ago, I joined the Humanitarian Leadership Summit there. In a world of conflict and crisis, peace must be built on education. Read my reflections via INEE: bit.ly/3GQmaTy
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Doha is emerging as a global hub for peace talks. Just a month ago, I joined the Humanitarian Leadership Summit there. In a world of conflict and crisis, peace must be built on education. Read my reflections via INEE: bit.ly/3GQmaTy
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
#EducationEquity @globalinnovators.bsky.social
Reposted by Kassaga J. Arinaitwe
Kenya 🇰🇪 has spent a decade mastering how to engage China -its new Standard Gauge Railway deal shows how #African nations can tap evolving 🇨🇳 development finance for infrastructure and economic sovereignty. Others must study this model. #ChinaAfrica #Infrastructure #Kenya
@chinagsproject.bsky.social
@chinagsproject.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Kenya 🇰🇪 has spent a decade mastering how to engage China -its new Standard Gauge Railway deal shows how #African nations can tap evolving 🇨🇳 development finance for infrastructure and economic sovereignty. Others must study this model. #ChinaAfrica #Infrastructure #Kenya
@chinagsproject.bsky.social
@chinagsproject.bsky.social
FDA halting milk safety tests endangers all kids—including those of this administration & its supporters. How can tax dollars be denied for vital protections? Lawmakers with a conscience must act. More: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
April 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
FDA halting milk safety tests endangers all kids—including those of this administration & its supporters. How can tax dollars be denied for vital protections? Lawmakers with a conscience must act. More: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Until the 1960s, opportunity in America was legally reserved for white men. On The Weekly Show, Heather McGhee reveals the DEI backlash isn’t about fairness—it’s fear. Fear that women, Black, and Brown folks might actually outperform. A must-watch. a must read! #TheSumOfUs #DEI #Equity 👇🏾
Heather McGhee and Jon Stewart discuss the ways myths around diversity have been used to dismiss the accomplishments of minorities. @heathercmcghee.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Until the 1960s, opportunity in America was legally reserved for white men. On The Weekly Show, Heather McGhee reveals the DEI backlash isn’t about fairness—it’s fear. Fear that women, Black, and Brown folks might actually outperform. A must-watch. a must read! #TheSumOfUs #DEI #Equity 👇🏾
Transformative leadership in Times of Polycrisis means trust, collaboration, and sharing power. From #Doha to the frontlines, the call is clear: break silos, center local voices, and build forward. #HLC2025 #HumanitarianLeadership #ShiftThePower #Philanthropy #DohaDialogues #HLC 2025
April 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Transformative leadership in Times of Polycrisis means trust, collaboration, and sharing power. From #Doha to the frontlines, the call is clear: break silos, center local voices, and build forward. #HLC2025 #HumanitarianLeadership #ShiftThePower #Philanthropy #DohaDialogues #HLC 2025