John Kidenda

Ergophile & Techno-Humanist

John Kidenda

Writing on energy, institutions, and the work of making a good world better.

Writing

  1. How AI Could Solve Academia's Research Fraud Problem

    It starts with transforming the peer review process

  2. 2024 UT International Student Graduation Commencement Speech

    The Case for Proactive Optimism

  3. The Case for Proactive Optimism

    A Message to Future Global Leaders

  4. Power to the People (part 3): On Financing DERs in Africa

    Why previous models have failed and how new financing approaches are accelerating deployments

  5. Power to the people (Part 2): On regulation

    The lack of a unified regulatory environment for DERs in Africa is a significant headwind for the sector

  6. Power to the people (or how to bring electricity to 500 million Africans)

    The collapse in solar and battery storage prices of the past two decades has made what was once impossible merely very hard. It's time to build!

  7. Congestion Pricing Part Three:

    Making it work in Nairobi

  8. Congestion Pricing Part Deux:

    Why new roads and mass transit alone won't solve Nairobi's (or New York's) traffic congestion problem

  9. With New York's adoption, Congestion Pricing hits the main stage

    Cities like Nairobi in Kenya could be pushed to take another look at this smart traffic solution if it works in the Big Apple

Born in Kenya, based in Austin.