Carnegie tested the strongman thesis across four African countries over a decade.

www.themeridian.info/gsbrief/3404930_the-strongman-thesis-is-wrong-carnegie-compares-four-african-governments-and-democracy-wins

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Africa: 18% of the world’s population. 0.6% of global data-centre capacity. 5% of those centres AI-ready. 900 million offline.

themeridian.info/gsbrief/3404898_africa-is-growing-at-4-3-percent-half-its-people-are-still-poor-it-has-0-6-of-global-ai-infrastructure

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Bangladesh projects 5% growth. Its banks carry Tk4.2 lakh crore in bad loans, 24% of all credit.
themeridian.info/gsbrief/3404877_bangladesh-is-growing-its-banks-are-failing-its-poorest-have-no-account

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Malaysia's AI exports grew 51.5pp in twelve months. Vietnam's by 31.5pp. Pacific Islands grew at 2.2%.

themeridian.info/gsbrief/3404831_asia-is-riding-the-ai-wave-not-everyone-is-on-the-same-board

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