For the last five years, IPOs in Southeast Asia have been fluctuating, hitting their lowest in 2020 as COVID-19 started to surge. However, 2021 has indicated the improvement of the…
Tag: emerging economies
Brazil: 1 in 3 adults will be obese by 2030
According to World Obesity Atlas 2022, published by World Obesity Federation, obesity is expected to reach approximately 30% (1 in 3) of Brazil’s adult population by 2030. Research showed the…
Africa and IPOs: The Big Flutterwave Situation
In the business environment, IPOs have emerged as a significant acronym that not many people can interpret. For the sake of clarity, I will first explain what an IPO is…
What Tech Innovation Really Means Beyond the Big Headlines
Technological innovations are of great help to businesses, especially start-ups. They mainly increase productivity and make the work process efficient. Startups in emerging markets make big headlines when reporting their…
Africa in Focus: Tech Innovation, Data and Financial Inclusion
We are half way through 2022 and I selected a few clips of the episodes featured so far this year. For this episode I decided to turn my focus to…
Behind the crisis in Sri Lanka – how political and economic mismanagement combined to plunge nation into turmoil
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa formally resigned on July 15, 2022, having earlier fled the country amid widespread protests in the Southern Asian nation. The man who replaced him, Prime…
What to Expect from Emerging Markets Investments
*Disclaimer: this episode is NOT an investment advice!* This episode is all about emerging markets investments and what to look out for. Here is my chat with André L. Havas, CEO…
What Tech Innovation Really Looks Like in Emerging Markets
This episode is about tech innovation in emerging markets beyond the big headlines! I invited Max Cuvellier, Head of Mobile for Development at GSMA and co-founder of Africa: The Big Deal.…
Suriname is carbon negative but needs a plan for a sustainable future
Suriname is one of only three carbon-negative countries (along with Butan and Panama) Paradoxically the country is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Suriname is one of only three carbon-negative countries…
Suriname: Economic Development and Wildlife Conservation
Here is my chat with Monique Pool, the founder of Green Heritage Fund Suriname. We talked about everything from economic development to how urbanization is affecting the country’s wildlife. Monique told me that Suriname is one of the 3 carbon neutral countries (along with Butan and Panama) and how she envisions Suriname’s future, hopefully with a green economic development mindset.
