Lending startup Portal Finance nabs $200 million for small business loans in Latin America

Latin American small businesses just got a big boost with a new commitment for a $200 million lending joint venture […]

‘House Hacking’ Is a Popular Way to Invest In Real Estate

House hacking is a great real estate investment strategy when owning multi-family rental properties. It’s when you live in one […]

Romanian construction is on the path to expansion

Recent months have witnessed signs of recovery in the construction sector in Romania, with civil engineering posting the largest overall […]

Who Saved Silicon Valley? Angels, Of Course

By Allan May, Atlantic, Like nature, capitalism abhors a vacuum, and Angel investors have been eager and able to capture […]

Nigerian Banks Winning Mobius With Asia-Like Growth in Africa

By Renee Bonorchis and Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg, Twenty-four miles northwest of Accra in Ghana, Anthony Botchway rips a pineapple plant […]

Wealthy U.S. Individuals Invest in Commercial Property in Quest for Yield

By Margaret Collins, Bloomberg, When Sumeet Parekh bought a retail property in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood in January, individual investors provided […]

In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China?

By David Lewis, Reuters, NIMBA-BUCHANAN RAILWAY, Liberia (Reuters) – In the muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers […]

Civil Society in the Arab World and the Dilemma of Funding

From Brookings Institute Civil society played a critical role in democratic transitions in Eastern Europe and Latin America. To the […]