Africa May Be the World’s Most Misunderstood Investment Story | Ideas Lab | Ep.48

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In this episode Kevin Coldiron is joined by bestselling author Joe Studwell who speaks about his new book How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Development Frontier. We discuss why many of our perceptions about Africa are wrong - why one big problem has been too few people, not too many and why the continent isn’t as resource-rich as we think. Joe talks us through some surprising success stories - like Rwanda’s emulation of Singapore and Botswana’s success in avoiding “the resource curse”. This is the time to begin researching and understanding the opportunities in a continent that has more land mass than the US, China and India combined and will eventually be home to the majority of the world’s young people. #toptraders #investing #trendfollowing Episode TimeStamps: 00:01 - Introduction to the episode and guest 02:04 - Why the book was written and initial motivation 05:50 - Outsider perspective and reactions in Africa 07:22 - The core idea: population density and development 08:22 - Why Africa’s growth lagged historically 14:23 - Population growth and changing economic potential 15:39 - Colonialism in Africa vs Asia 20:14 - Land, agriculture, and development differences 23:55 - Rise of private sector and food production 25:57 - Resources and the limits of extractive growth 29:56 - Botswana and managing resource wealth 36:21 - Rwanda’s development model and governance 44:41 - Ethnic dynamics and future stability 50:24 - China’s role and manufacturing potential 56:04 - Investing in Africa and long term outlook Full episode can be found here: https://toptradsersunplugged.com/il48 Subscribe to our podcast: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/top-traders-unplugged-niels-kaastrup-larsen-engaging/id888420325?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OnOvLbIV3AttbFLxuoaBW Follow us on social media: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TopTradersLive (@TopTradersLive) FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/toptradersunplugged INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/toptradersunplugged SOUNDCLOUD: htt