Emerging Markets
Africa CEO Forum: Addressing the Continent’s Economic Sovereignty
Today's geopolitical situation is influencing perceptions across Africa, 're-awakening' executive entrepreneurs and potential investors to adapt and change attitudes to Africa's economic challenges and...
Can the Global South Avoid an Enclave AI Economy?
Malaysia’s data center boom offers a revealing piece of arithmetic. Between 2021 and June 2025, the government approved 143 projects. Within that total, 25...
Russia vs. China in Africa: Rivals, Partners or Strategic Competitors?
The growth of neo-colonial tendencies, the current geopolitical developments, and the scramble for its resources by external countries in Africa: these are some of...
Which Global South Region Is Ready to Power the AI Economy?
In February 2026, residents of Iskandar Puteri in Johor protested against the construction of a 300-megawatt data center complex. Their concerns ranged from falling...
The Increasing Influence of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds
Gulf sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have hit a record high of $53.9 billion investments throughout 2026 so far. The countries own trillions of dollars...
Is China’s Digital Yuan Becoming a Settlement Tool? The Geopolitics of Monetary Hedging
China’s digital yuan has spent years being judged by the wrong test. Most attention has focused on whether ordinary users would abandon Alipay or...
Morocco’s partnership with Beijing shifts economic power from Europe to China
Several years ago, the European Union regarded the Kingdom of Morocco mostly as an unchanging economic partner, a proximate market, and a suitable industrial...
Chinese investment in European ports
Chinese investment in European ports presents a complex issue, balancing economic efficiency with security concerns. While these Chinese investments and logistics and maritime projects...
Thirteen Signatures, One Big Game: Dhaka’s China Gamble
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman completed his four day visit to China on Friday. With so much speculation about his first visit, he completed his...
Morocco’s Atlantic moment: From Mediterranean transhipment hub to architect of Africa’s western gateway
There's a narrow passage between two continents where roughly 300 ships pass through every single day, one every five minutes. This is the Strait...