Recent Posts
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Investing in Sustainable Agriculture Technology
We are joined by Archie Burgess, who is an Investment Director at Cibes.
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Investing In Frontier Markets
Dr Sipke Shaughnessy joins us to discuss investing in Frontier Markets. He is a geographer and anthropologist who has worked as a strategic advisor on political, social and environmental risk […]
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How Digital Collateral is Revolutionizing Credit in Emerging Markets
PayJoy pioneered the use of phone-locking technology as collateral, enabling them to extend credit to customers who lack traditional banking relationships or credit histories. When payments are missed, the smartphones […]
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Elections, Demographics and the Cost of Living
We spoke to Noa Cohen from Next Gen Tories about how politics and demographics are making an impact on the cost of living.
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On Payments: Alternative Payments
We spoke to Samer Almousa about the world of alternative payments.
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On Payments: The need for e-Cash
Governments around the world have been cutting down on cash. But cash infrastructure has shrunk faster than consumer’s need for it. We spoke to Filip Surowiak-Long on high risk payments, […]
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Sanctions and Iran
Iran has a highly developed economy and even a functioning stock market, yet it is cut off from global trade. We discussed the geopolitics behind the global sanctions programme against […]
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How Informal Banking Networks Dictate Global Trade
In a conversation with Stephen J. Fallon we discussed how global trade is dictated by a few global banks. These banks may be headquartered in Asia or Europe, but they […]
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Why Everybody is a CFO in Argentina
We spoke to Martin Carrica from Mountain Protocol about the Argentine economy, cryptodollars and the corrosive effects of inflation on everyday people.
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How to give away money efficiently
We spoke to Grace Jackson from GiveDirectly about poverty, international development, the role of charities and some of the taboos around giving away money.
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On Venezuela, Junk Sovereign Debt & Bitcoin Bonds
In our introductory episode, we talk to Frank Muci from the London School of Economics about Venezuela, developing market debt, Salvadorean bitcoin bonds and much more.