Maureen Kambona: The tiger mum who loves a soft life

Maureen Kambona is amazed at how much teenage boys eat. Voracious appetites, one might say. Whereas they might once have been truculent toddlers, nibbling at their meals, now, when they are hungry, their whole body vibrates, and the house shakes with them. As a mother to a teenage boy, each day is a tabula rasa in which the accomplishments of the past have been erased.

Yet the ability to believe and disbelieve seems a prerequisite for any parent. It’s how the regional marketing head of East and West Africa for HMD Global has still maintained a connection with him through the video games and sci-fi universe, where they are on a Star Trek, Star Wars, and House of the Dragons rerun watch party.