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Blockchain goes East: opportunities in China
As Beijing ratchets up its pressure on bitcoin, this time targeting mining, Chinese investors are exploring the potential of the technology central to it all – blockchain.
Automation will make countries with a youth bulge more volatile
Automation is on track to disrupt the status quo everywhere, but nations with a youth bulge will be more affected than others.
Is Myanmar a new El Dorado for foreign investors?
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) moved from a 50-year-long military regime to budding civilian rule in 2011. The political transformation has initiated social and market reforms and has piqued foreign investors’ interest in
Under-the-radar growth increases in southern Africa
Southern African countries will be rapidly growing emerging markets in the near future. The combination of growing political stability and an expanding middle class of consumers makes the region an
Growth in Myanmar undermined by rising inflation
McKinsey estimates that Myanmar’s GDP could quadruple in size to over $200 billion in the next 20 years. But inflation may derail the prospect of growth and progress. Myanmar’s political
