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Demand means needs plus purchasing power. In the next couple of years the new emerging middle class in African countries stands for a huge demand. Which encounters a newly networked field of people and organizations.
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African banks are making record profits whilst African companies are paying exorbitant interest rates on their loans. Is this an opportunity for European investors to invest in growth markets?
On May 18, 2018, I was invited for the second time to the Tolerance Talks in Fresach to take part in a discussion. The guiding question was: Were open borders a misunderstood liberal concept? Of course not—that was my short answer. But a different environment requires different thinking. The interconnected global society—with globalisation, digitalisation, connectivity,…
Why European companies have to be present in Africa, part 4: Being present in African countries helps to see again that an increasing division of labour, more free trade and more and more networked systems not only reduce poverty in Africa, but are also the foundation of our own prosperity.
Western companies like Diageo, GSK, Holcim, Procter & Gamble and Tullow Oil retreat, regional and non-Western investors are stepping in: East African industrial groups, South African and Nigerian banks, and Asian capital.
“Yes, that’s like it is!” has always been the answer when putting forward to an aid practitioner the principle of permanent acceleration: When a certain type of project or program has become mainstream, right before results are visible, the aid community moves on to the next, much more ambitious and difficult task. The new book on Western…
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