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April 22, 2016
China Loans to Africa Don’t Live Up to the Hype, New Report Finds

By Afshin Molavi Washington – When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Johannesburg in late December to attend a major forum on China-Africa trade and investment along with more than 35 African heads of state, headlines [Read More]


Africa  |  China  |  Sub-Saharan Africa

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February 15, 2016
The UAE and Asia’s Middle Class

This is an important piece on the CNN site penned by an influential minister in the UAE, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, on the UAE’s growing role as a nexus for trade and travel fueled by emerging [Read More]


Africa  |  Airline Wars  |  China  |  Emerging Middle Class  |  HUBBS  |  India  |  South-South  |  Sub-Saharan Africa  |  UAE

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February 1, 2016
WhatsApp vs WeChat in Africa

This is one of the great stories that this site loves. It has all of the elements: South-South trade and investment, rising middle classes and smart phones, big companies squaring off in Africa, emerging market [Read More]


Africa  |  China  |  Emerging Market Multinationals  |  Emerging Middle Class  |  Smartphone Wars  |  South-South

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December 18, 2015
The UAE-China-Africa Triangle and Washington: Opinion

                    OPINION By Afshin Molavi The visit of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to China [Read More]


Abu Dhabi  |  Africa  |  China  |  Dubai  |  Hong Kong  |  HUBBS  |  Sub-Saharan Africa  |  UAE  |  US

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October 23, 2015
India Plays the Big, Huge Africa Summit Game Too

China is hosting yet another huge Africa summit…No wait, it’s India this time. There will be more than a thousand delegates from 54 countries and, of course, Narendra Modi will be the master of ceremonies. [Read More]


Africa  |  India  |  South-South  |  Summitry

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October 21, 2015
India’s Airtel Sells More African Assets

This story, about Bharti Airtel Ltd selling African assets is about as South-South as you are going to get. Bharti is selling those assets to reduce its debt load — a debt load it picked [Read More]


Africa  |  India  |  South-South  |  Telecoms

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