By Ceaser Siwale Background Astronomer Inc. is a prominent player in the data orchestration space, providing a unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow to enable enterprises to manage complex data pipelines for AI, analytics, and real-time applications. Founded in 2015, the company has grown into a unicorn-status entity but has recently faced leadership turmoil […]
The Devil is in the Duality
Experts with PhDs framed on the walls of their homes or offices will tell you that opening up is one way of dealing with your problems head on and keeping the beast of self harm or suicide at bay. We must open up as men about the things that are eating us alive. Talk to […]
Turning Water Into Wine.
Unless profoundly delusional, a man will know when it’s time to leave the stage. Younger, shrewd executives, faster athletes, edgier, handsome and better dressed men in the club or open plan office. Everywhere you look, you’re yesterday’s man. This is when a man realizes that he’s no longer the bee’s knees. His moment in the […]
We Did This To Each Other
It’s lost on us just how much damage we’ve done to one another’s mental health. That we’re constantly in this overt competition for whose is faster, bigger, prettier. The male ego is a dancefloor filler, where every one of us has shuffled to a tune or two. We like to ask each other: “Where are […]
Why We Stop Talking.
In our sunset years, sometimes sooner, we stop talking. We only offer an opinion when it is asked of us. We take action only when we are called upon. As we get older, it dawns on us that masculinity is invisible until it’s needed. Look at how the older, unfashionable men come through in times […]
When Grief Grips A Man
By Luu Machila I was over 800 kilometres away from home when, just the first night upon arrival, word reached me announcing the passing of my brother, Cheelo Machila, at only 34 years. The world stopped spinning. My mouth was dry, my brain paused, hands and legs were numb. My faith was put to the […]
Give Yourself Some Credit.
Men’s perpetual paranoia that they’re going to lose it all might actually be the reason they end up with much less than they’ve spent years building. Overthinking is crippling. Where your business, health, marriage or career is thriving, the tendency to push the pedal harder is something most of us are guilty of. We’re in […]
If You Can’t Read A Book, Read The Room.
Male loneliness is not the absence of people in our lives. It’s the presence of people that we cannot talk to about our struggles. Sometimes we overthink these things. That there is some future out there that rewards men for being men. Look, the reality is you will have to familiarize yourself with your favourite […]
“Let Me Ask My Wife.”
In corporate, when you hear “Let me ask my superiors” or the “I’ll present this to the team” variant, just know it’s a no. In entrepreneurship, “Let me check in with my business partners” means you should move on. For a man, “Let me ask my wife” also means no but it also means much […]
Please, Not Another Marathon!
Men are running in all the races, every week, every month. What’s the plan? Every urban Zambian man and his dog is now running a marathon. It seems there’s one every other weekend in the country. So with all this – at times performative – running around, what’s the true benefit to our health and […]