In 1994, Robert Kaplan, a journalist and author who had written a prescient book about the Balkans, Balkan Ghosts, wrote an influential article in the Atlantic Monthly called The Coming Anarchy in which he painted a grim portrait of the future of Africa and much of the world. In the article, Kaplan refers to the […]
Back to Sub-saharan Africa
While Foreign Policy magazine says a Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine is increasingly likely and armed motorcycle gangs or “colectivos” continue to terrorize and murder protesters across Venezuela, Africa continues its economic development. A couple of weeks ago GE’s Jay Ireland was in IESE talking about the potential for Africa and how GE has profoundly […]
The Burden of History
100 years ago the life expectancy in Spain was 47 years or about the same as Sierra Leon is today. Spain and Catalonia have required 100 years …
Clean Tech for Africa?
While Africa’s economy is growing largely due to raw materials and other commodities, the Continent is not advancing on social issues and appears to be off track to meet …
Africa is the next China
While China has been the economic development story for the last 20 years, there are signs that Africa will be the next one if it can leverage the boom in commodity prices and Chinese investment.