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How This $13B Company Outsold Apple in Africa (and you've never heard of it!)
You may have never heard of Transsion. But in Africa, it’s more than a phone company, it’s the gateway to the internet for hundreds of millions.
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We Investigated the Business of Borders (It’s bigger than you think!)
I’ve been an immigrant my entire adult life, in America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
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Hero: The World’s Largest Bike Company You Never Heard Of
Every year, this company sells over 5 million motorcycles.
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How A $6B Noodle Brand From Indonesia Became Nigeria’s National Dish
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How $3B Amouage Is Competing With Dior From Oman
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How $10B Mixue Is Destroying McDonald's & Starbucks
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How A $250 Startup Turned India Into A $250B Outsourcing Giant
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We Investigated the Business of Borders (It’s bigger than you think!)
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How a Pakistani Startup Became South Asia’s $220M Amazon
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The Blueprint

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How This $13B Company Outsold Apple in Africa (and you've never heard of it!)
You may have never heard of Transsion. But in Africa, it’s more than a phone company, it’s the gateway to the internet for hundreds of millions.
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How A $6B Noodle Brand From Indonesia Became Nigeria’s National Dish
Indomie built a $6B empire by turning a simple instant noodle into a cultural icon
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How A $250 Startup Turned India Into A $250B Outsourcing Giant
What happens when the underdog becomes the architect of the global system?
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How $10B Mixue Is Destroying McDonald's & Starbucks
The world’s largest food and beverage chain by store count isn’t American. It’s Chinese.
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How a Pakistani Startup Became South Asia’s $220M Amazon
This isn’t just a story about e-commerce, it’s a blueprint for building in places most businesses ignore.
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$32.35B Market, 50+ Attacks Prevented & Backed by Morocco’s Top Institutions 🛡️🧠
This predictive AI startup is changing the game in cybersecurity, protecting banks, telcos, and governments from invisible threats lurking in the dark…
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UAE’s Sustainable Grocery: $60B TAM, Tim Cook Showcase & 7,000+ Sales Since Launch 🌍📦
eJaby is turning overstock into opportunity: a premium grocery marketplace solving food waste through tech, logistics, and sustainability in the $40B…
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Nigeria’s Retail Tech Breakout: $250K Monthly GMV, ex-Heineken, Tata & Shell + $300K secured 🚀
Open Retail is building the digital infrastructure for Nigeria’s fragmented $100B+ retail economy — empowering small retailers with e-commerce, finance…
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Qatar’s Metabolic Health Startup: $3.5M ARR, 50K Clients, 700% Market Surge 💥
Diet Delights is turning the Gulf’s health crisis into a massive opportunity, combining AI, personalized nutrition, and CGM data to reverse diabetes and…
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In Plain Sight

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We Investigated the Business of Borders (It’s bigger than you think!)
I’ve been an immigrant my entire adult life, in America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
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Hero: The World’s Largest Bike Company You Never Heard Of
Every year, this company sells over 5 million motorcycles.
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We Investigated Africa's Silicon Valley (it's not what we expected!)
When most people think innovation, they picture Silicon Valley: hoodies, lattes, and billion-dollar apps for first-world problems.
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Why America Builds Better Brands Than The Middle East!
I walked through mall after mall in Dubai and kept seeing the same thing: Starbucks, Nike, Apple, Alo… even Chipotle is here.
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The Shrinking Island of Knowledge Work
I still remember learning English as a kid by watching Oprah on MBC 4, subtitled in Arabic, which at the time were almost as hard to follow as the…
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