Sorry, I’m sure you’re sick to death of this and I promise I’ll leave it alone after this but… I took a moment to have a closer look at the content here and this does seem like the kind of grift I thought it was. EKB is not actually doing news gathering or even writing these articles, which explains why the writing quality is so much better than his.
This article was originally published a day earlier by The East African and copied word-for-word (including their links to background articles). The unattributed author is Agence France Presse, who have a great reputation. I checked every article currently on their front page and it’s the same for each one. In addition to the East African, he’s copied CNN, BBC, One Africa News Today, and Africa News verbatim. He then tacks on a video (filmed in a mall?) calling for investors to help him raise $14.5B to expand into a global media company. I love this guy! :)
This is really just a plagiarized/copyright-infringing news aggregator. It’s pretty low risk misinfo-wise since he seems to exclusively rip off very credible news organizations. The “ad” on the page is just a static image promoting his everything store that probably only exists on paper, so I don’t see how he’s even making money from this outside of donations. Again, a strange but fascinating man, our EKB.
Alright, leaving it there. Thanks again for the discussion. This was a fun little research project. Might start an EKB blog though cuz I can’t wait to see what he gets up to next! :)