John Ashbourne
@johnashbourne.bsky.social
Emerging Markers Economist, Africa Watcher, 🇨🇦🇬🇧, Personal account
Nigeria engaging in a bit of regional stabilisation à la française
Nigerian air force bombs positions of mutineers in neighboring Benin.
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Nigeria engaging in a bit of regional stabilisation à la française
Re-elected *female* president appoints her *daughter* to key cabinet job
@thecontinent.org covering the hailstorm of glass ceiling shattering happening in today’s Tanzania
@thecontinent.org covering the hailstorm of glass ceiling shattering happening in today’s Tanzania
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Re-elected *female* president appoints her *daughter* to key cabinet job
@thecontinent.org covering the hailstorm of glass ceiling shattering happening in today’s Tanzania
@thecontinent.org covering the hailstorm of glass ceiling shattering happening in today’s Tanzania
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COP30 boss: "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis" and praises China.
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
COP30 boss: "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis" and praises China.
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Excellent report from CSIS on the role that Chinese-made electric vehicles are having in EMs
www.csis.org/analysis/glo...
www.csis.org/analysis/glo...
The Global EV Shift: The Role of China and Industrial Policy in Emerging Economies
This report analyzes strategies for EV adoption and industrial development in emerging markets to offer lessons for policymakers, exploring how and why China is catalyzing the transition in many emerg...
www.csis.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Excellent report from CSIS on the role that Chinese-made electric vehicles are having in EMs
www.csis.org/analysis/glo...
www.csis.org/analysis/glo...
Spectacular
“You do realise the earth is spinning? And that tall towers sway?” he said. The chandelier, the architect explained, could “start to move like a pendulum”, then “pick up speed”, and eventually “break off”, crashing into the marina below.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
“You do realise the earth is spinning? And that tall towers sway?” he said. The chandelier, the architect explained, could “start to move like a pendulum”, then “pick up speed”, and eventually “break off”, crashing into the marina below.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Spectacular
“You do realise the earth is spinning? And that tall towers sway?” he said. The chandelier, the architect explained, could “start to move like a pendulum”, then “pick up speed”, and eventually “break off”, crashing into the marina below.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
“You do realise the earth is spinning? And that tall towers sway?” he said. The chandelier, the architect explained, could “start to move like a pendulum”, then “pick up speed”, and eventually “break off”, crashing into the marina below.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
Fascinating article on how Korean/Viet food is taking off in Pakistan.
Key takeaways: Karachiites love spicy chicken, not yet ready for fish sauce
images.dawn.com/news/1192156...
Key takeaways: Karachiites love spicy chicken, not yet ready for fish sauce
images.dawn.com/news/1192156...
January 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Fascinating article on how Korean/Viet food is taking off in Pakistan.
Key takeaways: Karachiites love spicy chicken, not yet ready for fish sauce
images.dawn.com/news/1192156...
Key takeaways: Karachiites love spicy chicken, not yet ready for fish sauce
images.dawn.com/news/1192156...
December 24, 2023 at 12:46 PM
God give me strength…
December 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM
God give me strength…
It might sound harsh, but I think that people who make charts this terrible should be shot.
November 13, 2023 at 4:21 PM
It might sound harsh, but I think that people who make charts this terrible should be shot.
There are as many buildings over 400m currently under construction in Wuhan (4) as there are in the whole world outside of China.
Then another 14 in the rest of the PRC. Including one in Rizhao, which I had to look up.
Totally sustainable construction sector.
Then another 14 in the rest of the PRC. Including one in Rizhao, which I had to look up.
Totally sustainable construction sector.
November 10, 2023 at 9:28 AM
There are as many buildings over 400m currently under construction in Wuhan (4) as there are in the whole world outside of China.
Then another 14 in the rest of the PRC. Including one in Rizhao, which I had to look up.
Totally sustainable construction sector.
Then another 14 in the rest of the PRC. Including one in Rizhao, which I had to look up.
Totally sustainable construction sector.
A lot going on here. (Ht SB Morgen)
November 6, 2023 at 10:38 AM
A lot going on here. (Ht SB Morgen)
It’s only ever about 10m after landing in the US and interacting with public infrastructure that I start to audibly question how these people took over the world.
(I know the answer is: winning the geographic lottery/being far away from Germany)
(I know the answer is: winning the geographic lottery/being far away from Germany)
November 3, 2023 at 2:30 PM
It’s only ever about 10m after landing in the US and interacting with public infrastructure that I start to audibly question how these people took over the world.
(I know the answer is: winning the geographic lottery/being far away from Germany)
(I know the answer is: winning the geographic lottery/being far away from Germany)
This place has Stephen Bush ranting at Dear Prudie? Really is a perfect replacement/upgrade
This is a hall-of-fame Dear Prudie. The right call to accept the premise, I think, but amusing that it is then just *really unhelpful on its own terms*. slate.com/human-intere...
November 3, 2023 at 2:28 PM
This place has Stephen Bush ranting at Dear Prudie? Really is a perfect replacement/upgrade
A momentary lapse of judgement, I’m sure.
November 1, 2023 at 5:20 PM
A momentary lapse of judgement, I’m sure.
Hello all!
I’m hoping to find more EM/Africa content, fewer racing lunatics. Let’s see how this goes
I’m hoping to find more EM/Africa content, fewer racing lunatics. Let’s see how this goes
October 31, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Hello all!
I’m hoping to find more EM/Africa content, fewer racing lunatics. Let’s see how this goes
I’m hoping to find more EM/Africa content, fewer racing lunatics. Let’s see how this goes