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Africa Briefs

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Escaping the Middle-Income Trap and Achieving Lasting Prosperity

Sep 10, 2025

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, centre, with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, and Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud following a press conference in Ankara, Turkey

Why Somaliland Matters and Is Catching the Attention of Global Investors

Aug 28, 2025

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Southeast Asia’s Rising Economic Influence in Africa

Aug 21, 2025

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Cotton Without Cloth: Asia's Textile Rise and Africa's Hollowing Out

Aug 17, 2025

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Bretton Woods Didn’t Collapse in 1971, It’s Collapsing Now

Aug 3, 2025

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Africa Faces New 15% Baseline Under U.S. Tariff Regime

Aug 1, 2025

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Status of Trade Deals Between the U.S. and African Nations

Jul 28, 2025

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What the NBA’s Africa Venture Reveals About Investing on the Continent

Jun 17, 2025

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U.S. Funding Models Don’t Always Translate to Africa

May 27, 2025

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Canadian Pension Funds Reassess Global Real Estate Strategies

Aug 28, 2024

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Pension Funds Don’t Invest on Returns Alone

Aug 6, 2024

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Microsoft and G42 Plan to Build $1 Billion Data Hub in Kenya

May 23, 2024

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Avocado Exports from Africa: Data, Trends, and Investor Opportunity

May 4, 2024

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KoBold Bets on a Zambian Copper Deposit Others Left Behind

Feb 4, 2024

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Suez Canal Strains, Emerging Markets Brace for Impact

Dec 23, 2023

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Why Most Office-to-Residential Conversions Don’t Add Up

Dec 17, 2023

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The DRC’s Cobalt Chokepoint Puts Emerging Technologies at Risk

Dec 9, 2023

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Africa Wants More Private Equity, Investors Want Better Safeguards

Aug 6, 2023

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Victor Gruen’s Mall Legacy and Its Lessons for Emerging Market Developers

Jul 29, 2023

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A Brief History of the Shopping Mall

Jul 23, 2023

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The History and Future of Private Equity

May 23, 2023

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