Fadhel Kaboub
@fadhelkaboub.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University, President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Author of Global South Perspectives on Substack
https://globalsouthperspectives.substack.com
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Great to see that our Adjunct Professor (and supportive friend) Fadhel Kaboub has been (most deservedly) listed by the New African Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans in 2025 under the Thinkers & Opinion Shapers category. 100.newafricanmagazine.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Great to see that our Adjunct Professor (and supportive friend) Fadhel Kaboub has been (most deservedly) listed by the New African Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans in 2025 under the Thinkers & Opinion Shapers category. 100.newafricanmagazine.com
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An alternative “bargain of the century,” which Kaboub sketches out in a recent paper, relies on African nations banding together to forge more equitable partnerships with countries in other parts of the world.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
An alternative “bargain of the century,” which Kaboub sketches out in a recent paper, relies on African nations banding together to forge more equitable partnerships with countries in other parts of the world.
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Tunisian-American economist Fadhel Kaboub, however, cautions that a general push to bring “green industrialization” to African countries runs the risk of reinforcing, rather than addressing, the very structural inequalities that have kept so many Africans underpowered.
December 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Tunisian-American economist Fadhel Kaboub, however, cautions that a general push to bring “green industrialization” to African countries runs the risk of reinforcing, rather than addressing, the very structural inequalities that have kept so many Africans underpowered.
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At COP30, Brazil launched the Belém Action Mechanism to drive a just energy transition, but key details remain unclear.
Economist Fadhel Kaboub warns the shift must not deepen inequalities in the Global South — and argues it’s an opportunity to rewrite the “bargain of the century.”
Economist Fadhel Kaboub warns the shift must not deepen inequalities in the Global South — and argues it’s an opportunity to rewrite the “bargain of the century.”
‘The bargain of the century’: An economist’s vision for expanding clean energy access in Africa
Many observers see industrialization as the key to boosting clean electricity access for people living in Africa and across the Global South. They argue that building up economies with industry will…
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December 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At COP30, Brazil launched the Belém Action Mechanism to drive a just energy transition, but key details remain unclear.
Economist Fadhel Kaboub warns the shift must not deepen inequalities in the Global South — and argues it’s an opportunity to rewrite the “bargain of the century.”
Economist Fadhel Kaboub warns the shift must not deepen inequalities in the Global South — and argues it’s an opportunity to rewrite the “bargain of the century.”
My advice to Botswana and other Global South countries is to pool their resources together in a Global Majority Buyers Club to buy the IMF and to give it a proper structural adjustment from the inside-out.
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IMF Warns Botswana Not to Buy De Beers
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Botswana government against increasing its stake in De Beers.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My advice to Botswana and other Global South countries is to pool their resources together in a Global Majority Buyers Club to buy the IMF and to give it a proper structural adjustment from the inside-out.
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An alternative “bargain of the century,” which Kaboub sketches out in a recent paper, relies on African nations banding together to forge more equitable partnerships with countries in other parts of the world.
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
December 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
An alternative “bargain of the century,” which Kaboub sketches out in a recent paper, relies on African nations banding together to forge more equitable partnerships with countries in other parts of the world.
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
“The ultimate goal of [carbon removal] is that you can say at the end, well, we can actually continue our emissions and just recapture them with this technology,” says Kaboub, the Tunisian economist. “So there's no need to end fossil fuels...”
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/22/1...
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Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
One project aims to harness local geothermal resources to pull CO2 from the air. Will it prove that carbon removal can really help our warming planet?
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December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“The ultimate goal of [carbon removal] is that you can say at the end, well, we can actually continue our emissions and just recapture them with this technology,” says Kaboub, the Tunisian economist. “So there's no need to end fossil fuels...”
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C’est un honneur de représenter la Tunisie et de figurer sur cette liste aux côtés de quatre Tunisiens exceptionnels.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
C’est un honneur de représenter la Tunisie et de figurer sur cette liste aux côtés de quatre Tunisiens exceptionnels.
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I’m honored to be recognized by the New African Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Africans in 2025 under the Thinkers & Opinion Shapers category. 100.newafricanmagazine.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I’m honored to be recognized by the New African Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Africans in 2025 under the Thinkers & Opinion Shapers category. 100.newafricanmagazine.com
Check out our op-ed in the Daily FT about the ongoing climate-debt crisis facing Sri Lanka (co-authored with Charith Gunawardena and Richard Tye): www.ft.lk/opinion/Not-...
Not a moment to lose: Why Sri Lanka must mobilise its monetary and fiscal capacity | Daily FT
Sri Lanka is confronting a moment of profound national crisis. The devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah, marked by widespread flooding, landslides, and the displacement of more than a million people, ...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Check out our op-ed in the Daily FT about the ongoing climate-debt crisis facing Sri Lanka (co-authored with Charith Gunawardena and Richard Tye): www.ft.lk/opinion/Not-...
وبحسب الدكتور فاضل قابوب "يجب أن يكون هناك إجماع وتصويت للغالبية في أي عملية متعددة الأطراف. وهذا يعني أن الدول التي تتمتع بأكبر وزن اقتصادي وجيوسياسي، مثل الولايات المتحدة والاتحاد الأوروبي، تميل إلى التأثير على هذه العملية، وهي الدول المسؤولة عن دفع التكاليف...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
وبحسب الدكتور فاضل قابوب "يجب أن يكون هناك إجماع وتصويت للغالبية في أي عملية متعددة الأطراف. وهذا يعني أن الدول التي تتمتع بأكبر وزن اقتصادي وجيوسياسي، مثل الولايات المتحدة والاتحاد الأوروبي، تميل إلى التأثير على هذه العملية، وهي الدول المسؤولة عن دفع التكاليف...
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Fadhel Kaboub presents "Towards a New International Economic & Geopolitical Order: The Opportunity for Global South Repositioning," at a hybrid seminar hosted by Le Laboratoire ThEMA (Théories économiques, Modélisations, Applications) at l'École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis youtu.be/fHE7OLBFfPs
Towards a New International Economic & Geopolitical Order~ Fadhel Kaboub
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December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Fadhel Kaboub presents "Towards a New International Economic & Geopolitical Order: The Opportunity for Global South Repositioning," at a hybrid seminar hosted by Le Laboratoire ThEMA (Théories économiques, Modélisations, Applications) at l'École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis youtu.be/fHE7OLBFfPs
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Addis Ababa, May 31, 2025 (ENA)—African countries should leverage their abundant resources to focus on food sovereignty, energy, and developing a robust industry, Fadhel Kaboub, associate professor of economics at Denison University underscored.
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June 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Addis Ababa, May 31, 2025 (ENA)—African countries should leverage their abundant resources to focus on food sovereignty, energy, and developing a robust industry, Fadhel Kaboub, associate professor of economics at Denison University underscored.
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"If we got rid of the billionaires tomorrow, I can guarantee we’d have a new class of billionaires by the following week." My full comment on Aljazeera:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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What if…. we abolished billionaires?
Experts tell Al Jazeera what would happen if the world decided to downgrade its richest residents.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"If we got rid of the billionaires tomorrow, I can guarantee we’d have a new class of billionaires by the following week." My full comment on Aljazeera:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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Warm old man in a cool t-shirt on a hot early (southern hemisphere) summer's day.
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Warm old man in a cool t-shirt on a hot early (southern hemisphere) summer's day.
"If we got rid of the billionaires tomorrow, I can guarantee we’d have a new class of billionaires by the following week." My full comment on Aljazeera:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
What if…. we abolished billionaires?
Experts tell Al Jazeera what would happen if the world decided to downgrade its richest residents.
www.aljazeera.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"If we got rid of the billionaires tomorrow, I can guarantee we’d have a new class of billionaires by the following week." My full comment on Aljazeera:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Reposted by Fadhel Kaboub
Sri Lanka recently reported a “fish rain,” where fish were found far from water bodies after heavy rains; but rather than falling from the sky, experts say these were amphibious fish that “walked” overland after the rains, making a rare but real phenomenon appear mysterious.
Behind Sri Lanka’s ‘fish rain’ lies a web of migrations now blocked by rising dams
COLOMBO — From time to time, curious tales of “fish rain” grab media attention: fish seemingly fall from the sky, far from any bodies of water, following heavy downpours. The most recent incident…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Sri Lanka recently reported a “fish rain,” where fish were found far from water bodies after heavy rains; but rather than falling from the sky, experts say these were amphibious fish that “walked” overland after the rains, making a rare but real phenomenon appear mysterious.
Join me on Wednesday Dec. 3 at 2pm Tunis time (8am EST) in-person or online at Laboratoire ThEMA - l'Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis ESCT.
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"Towards a New International Economic and Geopolitical Order: The Opportunity for Global South Repositioning."
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"Towards a New International Economic and Geopolitical Order: The Opportunity for Global South Repositioning."
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Join me on Wednesday Dec. 3 at 2pm Tunis time (8am EST) in-person or online at Laboratoire ThEMA - l'Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis ESCT.
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"Towards a New International Economic and Geopolitical Order: The Opportunity for Global South Repositioning."
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"Towards a New International Economic and Geopolitical Order: The Opportunity for Global South Repositioning."
Dr Fadhel Kaboub argues that Africa can no longer afford to trade raw minerals for finished products: “Governments must invest in processing infrastructure. Refining, precursor production, and battery assembly should happen near the mines -not overseas”
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How Africa plans to keep its green wealth at home
The device you are holding, built from African minerals, represents more than technology. It symbolises a choice: whether Africa rises up the value chain or remains stuck at the bottom.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Dr Fadhel Kaboub argues that Africa can no longer afford to trade raw minerals for finished products: “Governments must invest in processing infrastructure. Refining, precursor production, and battery assembly should happen near the mines -not overseas”
www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/env...
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Fadhel Kaboub, president of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, argued that "Africa cannot transition by importing clean technology while exporting its minerals in an unprocessed state; that would merely repeat colonial dependency under a green label." nation.africa/kenya/climat...
Africa's vast solar potential held by a $23 Billion annual funding gap
The continent has the sun. The world has the money. A $23 Billion annual funding gap is all that stands in the way
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November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Fadhel Kaboub, president of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, argued that "Africa cannot transition by importing clean technology while exporting its minerals in an unprocessed state; that would merely repeat colonial dependency under a green label." nation.africa/kenya/climat...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Join us if you are in Mexico City this week at UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Join us if you are in Mexico City this week at UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Join us if you are in Mexico City this week at UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Join us if you are in Mexico City this week at UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Join me tomorrow Monday Nov. 17 in Johannesburg (in-person and online) for a High-Level Dialogue: “Rethinking Debt Sustainability and Exploring Alternative Financing Models Better Suited to Africa’s Context”
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
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Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Join me tomorrow Monday Nov. 17 in Johannesburg (in-person and online) for a High-Level Dialogue: “Rethinking Debt Sustainability and Exploring Alternative Financing Models Better Suited to Africa’s Context”
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn