My @TEDxEuston talk is up. We can transform the economic and social landscape of Africa through what I am calling a "Brown Revolution", improving the most fundamental of technologies: ROADS.

“It follows a trend of African governments pushing to generate more revenue by promoting more local processing of minerals and other natural resources.”

China’s automation keeps low-end output while climbing to high tech, breaking the flying-geese model. Robots run 24/7, driving costs down and shrinking spillovers. What’s Global South’s Plan B? We unpack options with @JKynge Watch - https://t.co/2k505S3G8d

Complaints over red tape and trade ties mask a harsher truth: China's market is fierce and local brands are winning.

South Africa and the AU face pressure to secure Africa’s fair share of negotiating power at the 2025 G20 summit. https://t.co/xXM3FGD2ML

“China’s AI is quietly making big inroads in Silicon Valley - Their rapid ascent has highlighted the competitive edge that Chinese developers such as Alibaba, https://t.co/paxBaz7Icw, Moonshot, and MiniMax have been able to gain…” https://t.co/Qh2dTcVf9N via @AJEnglish

Waymo will become the first robotaxi provider in the US to offer paid rides on highways without a safety driver, a milestone that positions it to better compete with ride-hailing companies and traditional taxi services

Post-USAID assistance may depend on a country’s strategic value to Washington. https://t.co/1flVlpZyoH

“Nigeria is open to selling state-owned refineries as part of an effort to boost competition…The state agency’s four facilities, with a combined capacity of 445,000 barrels a day, have barely processed any crude for decades despite significant investment”

“Donald Trump took fresh aim at two of Africa’s biggest economies, renewing his threat of an attack on Islamist militants in Nigeria and questioning South Africa’s role in the G-20. - Bloomberg

Ghana's Biggest Local Banana Exporter. Golden Exotics Limited exports about 100,000 tons of bananas annually, making it one of Europe's largest suppliers of Fairtrade bananas.

Kenya Targets a New Tea Market, Challenging China in Morocco

Nigeria to Introduce Single-Entry Emergency Passport for Citizens Abroad - “STEP aids stranded Nigerians abroad; aligns with broader immigration and border control reforms” https://t.co/c7Bn5i89Uq

“Nigeria is facing a worsening healthcare workforce crisis driven by the large-scale migration of its doctors, a phenomenon often described as ‘brain drain’. A 15-year…study found that nearly half of Nigerian medical graduates had emigrated in 15 years…

👀China took the US playbook, and put it on steroids. "Between 2012 and 2025, China allocated about US$4.6 billion to support international students, particularly from nations such as Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Italy and Argentina. “China is spending almost as much money

"Senegal’s finances have been under pressure since President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s incoming administration last year discovered $7 billion in unreported debt that had been hidden by the previous government."

Senegal’s eurobonds plunged after the country’s prime minister said he would oppose restructuring the country’s debt following “difficult” talks with the IMF

"The fate of the two facilities highlights a major challenge for the US tech sector... While demand for data centers has never been greater, driven by the boom in cloud computing and AI, access to electricity is emerging as the biggest constraint." https://t.co/Q4Gf8PMNnH

Interesting

DR Congo suspends Chinese cobalt miner after chemical spill in latest accident Lubumbashi https://www.semafor.com/article/11/10/2025/dr-congo-suspends-chinese-cobalt-miner-after-chemical-spill

US states and local governments have sold a record amount of debt for the second year in a row, borrowing over $500 billion in the municipal market in 2025, in part as they tackle lingering infrastructure needs