Container trade economics – what to look for now
Making sense of a fools’ game
Back in Switzerland from Morocco on Wednesday, which represented my fourth time in Africa this year and further underlined the massive potential of the continent. Reading through the IMF report published last week, much of the dark green – the strongest GDP growth regions apart from Asia ? will be on the African continent.
Yes, we are still talking small numbers hidden behind those higher percentages, but it is progress.
And as a friend put it nicely ...
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