Three countries possess over 50% of Africa’s total wealth

More than half of Africa’s total wealth is controlled by only three nations according to this year’s Africa Wealth Report (pdf) published […]

By Aidualc | 29 Sep 22 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Why Warren Buffett Is Right About China

Miriam Tuerk At the recent U.S.-China Investor Forum, Warren Buffett discussed how China has “unleashed the potential of their citizenry.” In 2017, […]

By Aidualc | 27 Aug 18 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Tunisia and the Arab Spring: Why the Results Are Different

Tunisia achieved the level of the success story based on the results of the recent political developments in the country. […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 20 Jul 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How finance flows to Africa

As they prepare for the fast-approaching Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa (July 13-16, 2015), policymakers, […]

By MarketAngel | 15 Jun 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Africa’s Electrifying Future

Emerging and frontier markets are a focal point of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which takes place […]

By MarketAngel | 05 Feb 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Why One Acre Fund Puts Farmers First

By Rahim Kanani, Media Group,   A One Acre Fund client signs for her fertilizer delivery in Teso, Kenya. / […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Oct 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity | Comments (0)

These maps show where the world’s youngest and oldest people live

Does this tell us where the next revolution will take place? What can the median age of a country tell […]

By Aidualc | 29 Sep 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Most maps are lying to you about how big Africa really is (it’s really big)

By Baindu Kallon, Global Post, The True Size of Africa by Kai Krause Ever notice how huge Greenland looks on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Aug 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Centralization of the African Union Leadership Summits

Liesl Louw-Vaudran, a journalist and an analyst from South Africa with a solid experience in African affairs, summarizes the ways […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 24 Jun 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The best real estate plays in 25 years

By Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC, The global real estate market in 2039 will be city-centric, with an increased focus on Asia […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Apr 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)