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No. 117: 3 Tuesday AM Reads – Davidson Grad Gets a Promotion |JP Morgan Has Plans for Africa | Gabon’s Energy Sector at 30,000ft

Oct 20, 2015

Africa, Energy & Resources, Notes, Personal

4Afrika, Acha Leke, Africa, Amrote Abdella, Bloomberg, Centurion LLP, Gabon, Hydrocarbon, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan, McKinsey, Microsoft, NJ Ayuk, oil and gas, Stephanie Ruhle, Technology

I nearly clicked my heels when I saw the news of Amrote Abdella being named Regional Director of Microsoft’s 4Afrika Initiative, an effort for Microsoft to support economic development on the continent while finding new business opportunities. I’m a big fan of Amrote’s. Seeing Davidson alumnae killing it will never get old. What is getting…
No. 112: 3 Thursday AM Reads – Paga Raises $13m | Organic GMOs | Reid Hoffman is Networked

Oct 8, 2015

Notes, Technology

Adlevo Capital, agriculture, James Manyika, McKinsey, Omidyar, Organic GMO, Paga, Tayo Oviosu

Tayo Oviosu and the Paga team are pushing their dominance in Nigeria’s mobile payment space to the next level with the $13 million Series B round of financing they announced earlier this week. A couple things I need to look into: Now that the Central Bank of Nigeria is implementing its cashless policy, how is…
No. 73: Why You Should Pay Attention to Africa’s Retail and Fashion

Jun 3, 2015

Africa, Technology

Acha Leke, Africa, Angola, AT Kearney, Botswana, fashion, Ghana, Global Retail Development Index, grover Norquist, Hana Ben-Shabat, Heritage Foundation, Jack Abramoff, Jessel Torres, Jodie Kassack, Jonas Savimbi, marc bain, McKinsey, Michael Moriarty, Namibia, Nigeria, zambia, zegna

For us, today, Africa is more important than the U.S. In five to 10 years, Africa can become the new frontier for luxury. – Ermenegildo Zegna While reading this Quartz piece on Africa’s fashion opportunity, I came across this Global Retail Development Index put together by A.T Kearney. The Index ranks the top 30 developing…
No. 59: President Obama’s Business in Africa Advisory Council Held First Meeting This Week

Apr 11, 2015

Africa

Africa, black & veatch, carlyle group, China, coordination, diapers, dominic barton, elizabeth littlefield, exim bank, finance, infrastructure, jay ireland, karen daniel, kevon makell, McKinsey, opic, penny pritzker, private equity, shea yeleen, teresa clarke, Trade, walmart

Last year, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker stood up the President’s Doing Business in Africa Advisory Council, a group of small, medium and large US businesses currently engaged in business on the continent and tasked with helping shape U.S. policy for business engagement with the continent. The makeup of the council is very interesting. You’ve got…
No. 11: Africa’s Agricultural Potential – What’s the Cost?

Feb 6, 2011

Africa

Africa, agriculture, Arable land, Brazil, Embrapa, genetically modified crops, McKinsey, policy

At what cost will Africa realize the economic potential of its agricultural industry? According to McKinsey & Company, about 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land is on the African continent. A few months ago, NPR did a piece on how Brazil has leveraged science to establish the country as a breadbasket. While listening…

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No. 117: 3 Tuesday AM Reads – Davidson Grad Gets a Promotion |JP Morgan Has Plans for Africa | Gabon’s Energy Sector at 30,000ft

No. 112: 3 Thursday AM Reads – Paga Raises $13m | Organic GMOs | Reid Hoffman is Networked

No. 73: Why You Should Pay Attention to Africa’s Retail and Fashion

No. 59: President Obama’s Business in Africa Advisory Council Held First Meeting This Week

No. 11: Africa’s Agricultural Potential – What’s the Cost?