Diana Owuor

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Navigating Uncertainty in Logistics: Resilience amidst Open Questions

With an inspiring membership, the FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations HQ meeting brought together logistics professionals and partners from around the world to the beautiful city of Geneva🇨🇭 to discuss and deliberate on pertinent matters in the field. (Published Apr 30 2024)

FIATA World Congress 2023: The power of global freight and logistics

The FIATA World Congress 2023 was a thrilling week of knowledge sharing, vibrant interactions and insights from the field. Joining for the first time, I was privileged to engage with industry partners and discuss key outlooks for transport freight forwarders and logisticians. In this article I share a few key takeaways as I continue immersing myself deeper in this field! (Published on Oct 9 2023)

POLICY IN ACTION: KENYA-TANZANIA

I had an opportunity to visit Tanzania and was interested in witnessing policy in action. In the recent past relations between Kenya and Tanzania have experienced highs and lows, but there is still more we have in common than that which separates us. This article highlights border control, health and sanitation and perception of the EAC. (Published on May 3 2022)

PERSPECTIVES ON EUROPE: ADVERTISING

In this second article I focus on advertising: What stood out in different areas and the commonalities observed. Examples are drawn from seven pivotal European countries (Germany, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium). (Published on Dec 15 2021)

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Taking The High Road: A Journey Towards Improved Mobility In East Africa

Since 2012, the East African region has seen rapid improvements in road transport and intraregional mobility. Despite that, there are a lot of challenges for the region linked to non-motorised mobility. Here I look at pre-pandemic mobility and initiatives to enhance Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) as a good start to identifying new trends and missed opportunities in mobility. ( Published on 30th Jan 2023)

When An Anti-Global Covid-19 Response Works

In the ‘New Thinking for a New World’ podcast series by the Tällberg Foundation, Alan Stoga rightly states that one characteristic of the global response to Covid-19 is that it has not been global. A fairly state-centric and regional response has crowded a global approach in several areas. While this poses some challenges, it also offers opportunities- some of which have been unexpected. This article explores the interplay between region and state in the aftermath of Covid-19. ((Published on 25 Feb 2021)

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What’s Your Story?

A candid expression of life viewed from the perspective of different millennials

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Day… Of Lockdown

A reflection of life during lockdown: seeking certainty in uncertainty

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Hand Me A Drink, Please

The Winner of the July 2018 Igby Prize for Nonfiction, an essay that looks at the daily experience of living with a lack of water in urban Nairobi

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