‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
June 6th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how the shadowy network known as the Wagner Group is getting rich in Sudan while helping the military to crush a democracy movement: In a scorched, gold-rich area 200 miles north of the Sudanese capital, where fortunes spring from desert-hewn rock, a mysterious foreign operator dominates the […]
Read more »The ‘Satchetisation’ of Africa’s Largest Economy
June 6th, 2022
Via Al Jazeera, an article on how high poverty and inflation rates in Nigeria are leading many businesses, including those in tech, to adopt sachet marketing to survive: In February 2019, Eat’n’Go, the Nigerian franchisee of popular pizza maker Domino’s, introduced a miniature version of the pizza boxes the market was familiar with, for 550 […]
Read more »China-Timor Leste To Boost Trade & Investment Cooperation
June 6th, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on trade relations between China and Timor Leste: China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi has been visiting the South Pacific Islands, with Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste in East Asia being the last stops on this regional trip. Following concerns about a proposed Chinese security presence in the region, discussions have concentrated […]
Read more »Tata Power Bets On Microgrids For Rural Power Supply In India
June 4th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Tata Group’s plan to build 10,000 small local arrays in a country where not everyone has reliable electricity from the grid: Manoj Gupta has spent the past two years bouncing along the dusty roads of rural India, looking at solar panels. The veteran of 107-year-old Tata Power, […]
Read more »Will Turkmenistan Join the World Trade Organization?
June 3rd, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Turkmenistan’s WTO ambitions: In November 2021, Turkmenistan formally applied to become a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO membership can potentially generate higher economic growth and larger volumes of trade for Turkmenistan, which struggles to diversify its economy. Of the five Central Asian states, three are already […]
Read more »Fuel Shortages Threatens Rural Crisis in Laos
June 3rd, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on the crisis threatening Laos: Today, the Vientiane Times, Laos’ state-run English daily, published an alarming article examining the impact that the country’s ongoing fuel crisis is having on the country’s farmers. For the past few months, the nation has been hit by rising global oil prices and a weakening local currency, which have […]
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