P-T (Index)

P

^{[Geography] Pearl River Delta Region}

The microeconomic reconfiguration underpinning the Chinese Economic Miracle

^{[Country] Peru}

A Potemkin imitation

^{[Country] Philippines}

The curious case of the Philippines

^{[Philosopher] Plato}

Plato and Aristotle

^{[Country] Poland}

The World is breaking off into islands

What could have been

^{[Country] Portugal / Portuguese Empire}

A very brief look at the economic history of Western Europe

The Chartered Company: A Prelude to the Scramble for Africa

^{[Organization] Portuguese Guinea Company (Casa da Guiné)}

The Chartered Company: A Prelude to the Scramble for Africa

^{[Concept] Potemkin Village}

A Potemkin imitation

^{[Concept] Poverty}

A Potemkin imitation

Which country ever got rich off remittances?

^{[Organization] Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC)}

Zambia and a lesson in leadership for the Continent

^{[Political Concept] Private Cities (PCs)}

Private cities: the past and the present

Could Private Cities be the Answer to the Global Migration Crisis?

^{[Economic Concept] Private Sector Development}

Privatization and Private Sector Development Delivers Decentralization

In Africa, Government is the Problem Not the Solution

^{[Economic Concept] Privatization}

Privatization and Private Sector Development Delivers Decentralization

^{[Economic Concept] Productivity}

Jobless Growth and Urban Change

^{[Economic Concept] Property Rights}

To recap, the concept of the PC enables

^{[Case Study] Próspera Roatán}

Próspera Roatán: the model private city

The data on Próspera Roatán and economic development

^{[Country] Puerto Rico}

The Old African Diaspora: The Americas & the Caribbean

Q

^{[Geography] Qingdao}

Say, Keynes, Plato and Aristotle Pt. 2

^{[Finance] Quantitative Easing}

The How Behind Africa’s Looming Debt Crisis

R

^{[People] Reagan, Ronald}

In Africa, Government is the Problem Not the Solution

^{[Organization] Red Cross Society}

Make International Aid History

^{[Philosophical Concept] Red Pill}

So what is the Red pill?

^{[Migration] Refugee Camps}

21st Century Ellis Islands

^{[Organization] Refugee Cities}

21st Century Ellis Islands

^{[Finance] Remittances}

Which country ever got rich off remittances?

Monetize Diaspora remittances

Exercise more of the leverage tied to Diaspora remittances

^{[Economic Concept] Rent-seeking}

It props up failing governments and undermines the will of the people

^{[Book] Republic (Plato)}

Plato & Aristotle

^{[Country] Republic of Congo}

Africa Discovers the Eurodollar Markets

A Potemkin imitation

^{[Country] Republic of Ireland}

Learning from Ireland

^{[Finance] Reserve Banking}

Monetize Diaspora remittances

^{[People] Rihanna}

Young Africa wants solutions not grievances

^{[People] Riley, Jason}

We’re crabs in an open sea not a barrel

^{[Geography] Roatán}

Próspera Roatán: the model private city

^{[Concept] Robocop}

Private cities: the past and the present

^{[People] Rodney, Walter}

Exhibit A: a liberated and booming Africa

^{[People] Rollo Tommasi}

So what is the Red pill?

^{[Economist] Romer, Paul}

Próspera Roatán: the model private city

The Catch-up Formula

^{[Historical Event] Roman Empire}

Walking the path of a journeyman to know oneself

A very brief look at the economic history of Western Europe

^{[Organization] Royal African Company}

Private Countries Turned Colonial Profit Centres

^{[Organization] Royal Niger Company}

Private Countries Turned Colonial Profit Centres

^{[Concept] Rule Britannia}

The Old African Diaspora: The MENA Region and Asia

^{[Migration] Rural-Urban Migration}

Jobless Growth and Urban Change

^{[Country] Russia}

DOGE is rolling back the government goodies

Is Africa the last frontier?

^{[Historical Event] Russia-Ukraine War}

Is Capital Investment-Driven Growth Putting the Cart Before the Horse?

^{[Historical Event] Russian Revolution}

Fighting to command the invisible hand

^{[Country] Rwanda}

Three economic assets that Africa has the rich world beat on

^{[Political Concept] Rwanda Bill}

To recap, the concept of the PC enables

S

^{[Company] Safaricom}

Monetize Diaspora remittances

^{[Manufacturing] Samian Ware}

Walking the path of a journeyman to know oneself

^{[Company] Sanlam Holdings}

Africa needs moderate levels of immigration, not crippling levels of emigration

^{[Country] Saudi Arabia}

Less development=less baggage

The end of a unipolar world and Africa as the last frontier

^{[Economist] Schumpeter, Joseph}

The Catch-up Formula

^{[Geography] Scotland}

We’ve overregulated ourselves into rigidity in areas where economic flexibility reigns supreme in the Global South

^{[Historical Event] Second Convention of Peking}

The ZEDE framework underpinning the city consists of:

^{[Concept] Second World}

We’re all capitalists now

^{[Country] Senegal}

Manufacturing and economies of scale

^{[Book] Septuagint}

Plato & Aristotle

^{[Infrastructure] Sewerage / Sanitation}

Africa Discovers the Eurodollar Markets

Walking the path of a journeyman to know oneself

^{[Country] Seychelles}

Africa Discovers the Eurodollar Markets

^{[Geography] Shandong Province}

Performing the magic trick is only half of the job

^{[Company] Shanduka Group}

Privatization and Private Sector Development Delivers Decentralization

^{[Geography] Shantou}

When Hong Kong and Taiwan inducted the Mainland

^{[Geography] Shenzhen}

When Hong Kong and Taiwan inducted the Mainland

^{[Philosopher] Siddhartha Gautama}

Plato & Aristotle

^{[Country] Singapore}

When Hong Kong and Taiwan inducted the Mainland

^{[Historical Event] Slavery}

The Old African Diaspora: The Americas & the Caribbean

^{[Business Concept] Small Businesses / SMEs}

We’ve overregulated ourselves into rigidity in areas where economic flexibility reigns supreme in the Global South

^{[Technology] Smart Contracts}

Cryptocurrency and Web3 for Africa

^{[Concept] Smartphone Generation}

Young Africa wants solutions not grievances

^{[Philosopher] Socrates}

Plato & Aristotle

^{[Technology] Solana}

Cryptocurrency and Web3 for Africa

^{[Economist] Solow, Robert}

The Catch-up Formula

^{[Country] Somalia}

A Potemkin imitation

Africa’s Lost Decade and the stigma it left behind

^{[Country] South Africa}

Here we go again

Almost all NEKS countries have a history of hosting large global migrant communities

Migration in a world where you apply online and then simply hop on a plane

^{[Geography] South Asia}

Exhibit B: An underperforming Africa

^{[Organization] Southern African Development Community (SADC)}

Is Africa the last frontier?

^{[Country] Soviet Union (USSR)}

Fighting to command the invisible hand

^{[Country] Spain / Spanish Empire}

A very brief look at the economic history of Western Europe

^{[Economic Concept] Special Economic Zones (SEZs)}

A history of Chinese economic reform

^{[Infrastructure] Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)}

Infrastructure-led growth in Africa and debt accumulation

^{[Case Study] Steyn City}

Private cities: the past and the present

^{[Finance] Stock Markets / Exchanges}

Channel funding for African entrepreneurs through African stock exchanges

^{[Concept] Strictly Come Dancing}

Serfs to the bureaucracy and our corporate overlords

^{[Geography] Sub-Saharan Africa}

Exhibit A: a liberated and booming Africa

The energy driving the “Africa Rising” narrative

^{[Country] Sudan}

21st Century Ellis Islands

Is Africa the last frontier?

^{[Historical Event] Sumer Civilization}

Plato & Aristotle

^{[Concept] Sustainable Charter Cities-in-Exile (SCCEs)}

21st Century Ellis Islands

^{[Concept] Sustainable Development Zones (SDZs)}

21st Century Ellis Islands

^{[People] Swaniker, Fred}

Privatization and Private Sector Development Delivers Decentralization

^{[Country] Sweden}

The World is breaking off into islands

^{[Country] Syria}

A Potemkin imitation

^{[Philosophical Concept] Systems Thinking}

Africans are prolific entrepreneurs

T

^{[Country] Taiwan}

When Hong Kong and Taiwan inducted the Mainland

Global partnerships: Japan and Taiwan

Taiwan and the Mainland

A little Taipei that grew to become one of China’s most affluent cities

^{[Country] Tanzania}

Closing question: who’s next?

A Potemkin imitation

3. Africans haven’t forgotten the arts of farming and horticulture

^{[People] Tate, Andrew}

So what is the Red pill?

^{[Case Study] Tatu City}

Private cities: the past and the present

^{[Finance] Taxes / Taxation}

And now..the bill is due

^{[Concept] Technology}

Global partnerships and the diffusion of technology

The Catch-up Formula

Cryptocurrency and Web3 for Africa

^{[Company] Tencent}

The microeconomic reconfiguration underpinning the Chinese Economic Miracle

^{[Economic Concept] TENKS (Tanzania, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa)}

Closing question: who’s next?

^{[Company] Tesco}

An African nation with Western rates of net migration

^{[Concept] The Matrix}

So what is the Red pill?

The Matrix narrative that defines modern African relations

^{[Technology] Tokenization}

Cryptocurrency and Web3 for Africa

^{[Political Concept] Town and Country Planning Act 1947}

We’ve overregulated ourselves into rigidity in areas where economic flexibility reigns supreme in the Global South

Serfs to the bureaucracy and our corporate overlords

^{[Historical Event] Transatlantic Slave Trade}

The Old African Diaspora: The Americas & the Caribbean

^{[People] Trump, Donald J.}

Here we go again

DOGE is rolling back the government goodies

US-South Africa relations according to Elon Musk

^{[Organization] Trussell Trust}

Welcome to the “Yookay”

^{[Country] Turkey}

Is Africa the last frontier?