First Principles: How Africa Rebuilds Featuring Robert Kirubi

Join the conversationGuest: Robert Kirubi, Former DHL Vice President (EMEA & Global Programmes)Most people who leave Africa for 40 years don't come back. Robert Karubi did - Robert Karubi spent 31 years building global supply chains at DHL. Then in December 2024, he came home to Kenya and discovered he didn't actually know what money was.Robert explains why most Africans never learn what money fundamentally does, only how to earn, save, and invest it. He breaks down why your 8% savings account return is silently eroding your wealth, why Bitcoin isn't an investment (it's a store of value), and why boda boda riders in Kibera already understand something our central banks have forgotten.But the deeper conversation is about systems. After 31 years watching global corporations navigate change, Robert identifies the real reason African digital transformation fails: governance structures can't adapt as fast as technology accelerates. It's not about importing Western solutions faster. It's about having the courage to build African ones.This is an episode about rebuilding from first principles—both personal and systemic. It’s for anyone asking: What needs to actually change? What are we getting wrong? And who gets to decide what Africa becomes?Key topics: Momentary systems, Bitcoin, Digital Transformation, Governance, Reverse Migration, Financial Sovereignty, Corporate Values, Systems ThinkingCreditsHost:Suban NurProducer:James NjorogeExecutive Producers:Harry HareAgutu Dan