Five years ago Iran was in deep international isolation. US and European imposed sanctions had largely wiped out foreign investment, plunged the country into recession…
Somalia has recently become an investment destination for some very forward thinking foreign firms and many returning members of the Somali diaspora who are keen…
Attention is increasingly turning to large fast growing economies like Pakistan, Vietnam, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria and Bangladesh. These countries have big populations, income levels typically…
A new project to build a Chinese backed Tech City near Tangier on a new 2000 hectare site which will house 300,000 people and host…
8 July 2011 saw raucous celebrations in Juba as South Sudan celebrated is split from Sudan after decades of civil war. Independence made South Sudan…
The Nigerian tech scene is on a roll, Lagos the financial and commercial centre of the country has become the epicentre of a nascent tech industry…
Investing in Somalia might seem like a particularly crazy idea. After all the country is a byword for state failure and chaos. Civil war, piracy…
Political relations between North Korea and China have recently fallen to a new low as the North Korean military tested a hydrogen bomb with without…
At the end of 2014 China’s biggest bank the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) held an astonishing US$ 3.3 trillion in assets, while…
2015 has been a fantastic year for the site, covering everything from China’s new Silk Road strategy to many different Frontier Markets in Asia and…