Made in Africa

By Sharon Kahn, From Chazen Global Insights, Consider the roundabout travels of the lowly cashew. Africa grows a lot of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Mobile Money: A Technology Game Changer for Tackling Global Poverty? – VIDEO

By Laurence Chandy, Brookings Institute, Mobile money—the ability to store and transfer money using cell phones—is one of the most […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Mar 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

African Investor Takes Silicon Valley Tough Love to Kenya

By Sarah Frier , Bloomberg, Mbwana Alliy is sitting in a conference room in a Nairobi, Kenya, tech center, an […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Africa: Investing in the Cradle of Civilization: Part 2

By Mark Mobius, From mobius.blog.franklintempleton, Africa is well known for its wealth of natural resources, which includes oil and gas, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 May 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The India-China Rivalry by Robert D. Kaplan

By Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, As the world moves into the second decade of the 21st century, a new power […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Apr 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The 15 Countries With The Highest Inflation Rates

Like death and taxes, no one escapes the ravages of inflation.   These days, it’s the talk of folks from Caracas […]

By Aidualc | 10 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Regions, Statistics | Comments (0)

The 20 Most Powerful People In African Business

By Mfonobong Nsehe, Forbes Blog, Africa means business. The past decade has seen an enormous number of mega-corporations emerge on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Apr 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Top Investment Trends For Futurists

By JON C. OGG, 247Wallst, Futurists are an odd lot. Generally, they are authors, scientists, consultants and economists. What many […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Nov 10 | Posted in Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)