In the latest episode of the Emerging Markets Today podcast, Ana Paula Picasso interviewed John Pabon, a sustainability consultant, speaker, and author of the book “Sustainability for the Rest of…
Tag: emerging economies
China: the Global Leader in Sustainability?
This episode is all about China, sustainability, and how we in the West have a distorted idea of how China is tackling environmental and social problems. Here is my chat…
#ENDSARS 4 years on: What happened after Nigeria’s biggest protest on police brutality?
SARS is an acronym for the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, which was founded in response to an increase in robberies in Nigeria. In 2018, protests spearheaded by the youth erupted in…
The rise of digital wallets in Indonesia
The growth of smartphone penetration, supported by development in the fintech field, alters how consumers behave and do their daily errands, and making a payment is no exception. Making payments…
India’s golden decade has already started
India has an exploding population of over 1.3 billion people. The country’s population will increase over the next few decades. The population directly translates into an enormous local market, which…
Remittance between Sub-Saharan African countries grows in 2022
African remittance has always been Africans living in Europe or America sending money back home to their families. Times have changed. Africans have realized that it’s all within the continent.…
Refurbished smartphone market: Latin America and India drive global growth
The refurbished smartphone market is seeing a boom in growth thanks to emerging markets. A refurbished smartphone is often mistaken for a regular second hand one. They are both pre…
Post-COVID world: how the definition of emerging markets evolved
Emerging markets have been an intriguing choice of investment, notably known for their “high risk, high returns” scheme. But the years have proven that the definition of emerging markets has…
What are emerging markets doing against smoking?
One in four (23%) adults in the world smoke tobacco, and 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low-and middle-income countries. In rich countries, smoking increased, peaked, and then declined over…
Why shopping on WhatsApp is booming in Emerging Markets
What started as a messaging app has grown over the years to become a business platform. The introduction of the business WhatsApp app by Meta creates a platform for small…
