Morocco is in the northwest corner of Africa, so it gets to kick off my African education project. Morocco is an constitutional monarchy, and King Mohammed VI has been fairly accommodating of democratic reforms in the wake of the Arab Spring. The economy is closely tied to Europe, though, so the problems in Europe are… [Read More]
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Middle East North Africa Update
Several months ago, I had the bright idea of writing a series of blog posts about all of the changes resulting from the Arab Spring and how they affected investors. I didn’t get very far. There’s simply too much going on to make for me to write any sort of useful blog post. And so,… [Read More]
Ever-Changing Africa
For decades, investors have been hearing that the Next Big Thing will be Africa. I wonder how many people missed out on inflection points in India and China because they were looking at Africa? No matter. Africa, of course, is a continent. The Republic of South Africa has as much in common with Sudan as… [Read More]
