There is no escaping US politics these days. Even in remote northeastern Nigeria, where I have just spent two months with the International Rescue Committee, most of the televisions are set to international news networks which are covering the presidential transition in excruciating detail.

Despite government warnings, Nigerians continue to invest in MMM, a Russian company responsible for one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time.

Kenya is a global superpower of the flower trade, and Oserian is a major reason why.