Black Market SIM Cards Turned Zimbabwean Border Town Into Remote Work Hub
April 17th, 2022
Via Rest of World, an article on how Zimbabwe’s mobile data is so expensive, people have to rely on a signal from the next country over, Mozambique: Never Mtisi works as a courier at Kurwaisimba, [...]
Pay-As-You-Go-Solar Made Cheap Power a Debt Burden for the World’s Poorest
April 17th, 2022 Via Bloomberg, an article on the limitations of pay as you go solar: As a solar panel was raised onto the roof of their mud-brick home in a Tanzanian village in sight of Mount Kilimanjaro, Akida [...]
April 17th, 2022 Via Bloomberg, an article on the limitations of pay as you go solar: As a solar panel was raised onto the roof of their mud-brick home in a Tanzanian village in sight of Mount Kilimanjaro, Akida [...]
The Chinese Companies Trying To Buy Strategic Islands
April 15th, 2022 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the small businesses from China which are scouring the globe for important strips of land: Three years ago, Xu Changyu made his first attempt to get his [...]
April 15th, 2022 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the small businesses from China which are scouring the globe for important strips of land: Three years ago, Xu Changyu made his first attempt to get his [...]
Ghana – Quiet, But Rising
April 14th, 2022 Via the Realistic Optimist, a look at Ghana: While not the largest African country by size nor by population, Ghana is a country of symbols. Ghana was home to the powerful Ashanti Empire, and was [...]
April 14th, 2022 Via the Realistic Optimist, a look at Ghana: While not the largest African country by size nor by population, Ghana is a country of symbols. Ghana was home to the powerful Ashanti Empire, and was [...]
TAPI’ng Out?
April 14th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, commentary that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project seems to have far more going against it than pushing in its favor: India has restarted efforts [...]
April 14th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, commentary that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project seems to have far more going against it than pushing in its favor: India has restarted efforts [...]
Mongolia Highlights ‘New Recovery Policy’ at Economic Forum
April 14th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, an article on Mongolia’s new economy recovery plan: On April 7 and 8, Mongolia held its Economic Forum, which has been canceled for the past two years due to COVID-19. One key [...]
April 14th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, an article on Mongolia’s new economy recovery plan: On April 7 and 8, Mongolia held its Economic Forum, which has been canceled for the past two years due to COVID-19. One key [...]