XN Iraki
Class of 2015
Kenya-born XN Iraki is a former Fulbright scholar and assistant professor at Kentucky State University. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Nairobi Business School, and has been an adjunct lecturer at Strathmore Business School in Nairobi. He has been a research fellow with National Economic and Social Council (NESC), the government of Kenya think tank. He is a columnist with The Standard, Kenya oldest newspaper. Iraki has also trained journalists and economists in Kenya and Ghana for the UK based Thompson Foundation.
Of Al Capone and Kenya’s Happy Valley
We ignore the global rise of India at our own peril
A tribute to Kenya’s forgotten war hero
Nigerians are not coming, they’ve already arrived
Covid-19: What’s the end game?
Why time is ripe for Kenya to cash in on new export options
Covid-19: Is the moment of truth finally here?
Ties that bind Nyandarua and Australia
The age of vertical ghettos is truly upon Kenya.
OPINION: How will the coronavirus pandemic play out in Africa?
How our minds have been tenderized 100 years on : The Standard
Why love should be the 5th factor of production
Why buying Greenland by US makes economic sense
Discovery: Outer space holds endless possibilities
Sex tourism: Is there more to ‘Mombasa raha’ than beaches?
Over regulation rolling back gains of liberalised market
Water vs electricity: The true test of our economic progress
Main takeaways from Magical Kenya golf fete
Kenya’s changing economics of aging
The padlock is a sign of mistrust
Has Kenyan golf finally come of age?
Lowering age limit of used cars is counterproductivy
Exit of eateries from the CBD serves lessons on our tastes
Should Nigeria be our role model?
A hundred years later, echoes of World War I linger
Why food and culture are low-lying fruits in tourism
Aliens vs graft: Kenya is still a great country
Tracing the rise and rise of behavioural economics
Can we be a thankful nation?
Seven similarities between boda boda and M-Pesa
Enough on America, what about the Kenyan dream?
Is the American dream still valid for millions who cross the sea?
My memories of USA and what makes the nation great
Faceless capitalists prowl on the once dark continent
Mt Kenya plane wrecks and heroes with no place to rest
Will Kenya ever have a Donald Trump?
Ghosts of Veblen still haunting us
Focus on Africa
Brexit was a triumph of politics over economics
weekly demos may hurt economy – Economists
The sad economics of refugee camps
Queen at 90: Soft power and echoes of the past
Old colonial houses are jewels in Kenyan history and tourism
Food vs economic growth: Strange coincidences?
Is it fair to allow a few individuals to hog the letters-to-the-editor forum?
The economic goldmine in Happy Valley legacy
We are all golfers in Kenya, unknowingly
Thieves fry Kenya’s power grid to cook fast food
Thieves fry Kenya’s power grid for fast food
Thieves fry Kenya’s power grid to cook fast food
