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July 2025

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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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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Welcome to Dealflow!
Welcome aboard.
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June 2025

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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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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How Qatar Built a $220M Dairy Empire in the Desert
Can a food crisis create a global company? And what can the world learn from a dairy farm in the desert?
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