{"podcast":{"title":"Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics","slug":"borders-conversations-on-global-south-capital-and-geopolitics-7872364","podcast_index_feed_id":7872364,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/610105/rss","website_url":"https://vesper.vc/borders/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/0/0/e/400eadebb579460216c3140a3186d450/Borders_Podcast_Cover_-20260313-d105hb3s33.png","author":"Vesper","episode_count":15,"summary":"Hosted by Mr. Andrew J. Henderson, Borders is a long-form conversation series exploring how power, capital, and influence actually move across the world. Much of the modern global economy is being shaped far beyond the traditional centers of Western media attention. Across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America, new markets, institutions, and power structures are quietly taking form. Each episode features a thoughtful conversation with founders, investors, policymakers, and operators working directly inside these environments; people building companies, infrastructure, financial systems, and cultural institutions in places where the future is being negotiated in real time. Rather than debate or commentary, Borders is structured as a calm, exploratory conversation. Episodes move deliberately, allowing guests to explain how markets, incentives, and societies actually function on the ground; often revealing dynamics that rarely appear in headlines. Guests range from frontier-market investors and bank executives to infrastructure developers, reform-minded policymakers, and founders building new industries across emerging regions. Each conversati…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T06:18:48.996211+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borders-conversations-on-global-south-capital-and-geopolitics-7872364"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 13: Dagmawi Ambaw: Why Investors Are Missing Africa's Biggest Opportunities","slug":"ep-13-dagmawi-ambaw-why-investors-are-missing-africa-s-biggest-opportunities","published_at":"2026-08-07T15:29:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borders-conversations-on-global-south-capital-and-geopolitics-7872364/ep-13-dagmawi-ambaw-why-investors-are-missing-africa-s-biggest-opportunities","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borders-conversations-on-global-south-capital-and-geopolitics-7872364","url":"https://ad96190b-f614-4ba6-ac31-26ffbdc6d90b.libsyn.com/ep-13-dagmawi-ambaw-why-investors-are-missing-africas-biggest-opportunities","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ad96190b-f614-4ba6-ac31-26ffbdc6d90b/BP_Ep_14_Dagmawi_Ambaw_FULL_AUDIO_mix.mp3?dest-id=5317560","summary":"Andrew Henderson sits down with Ethiopian investor and African venture ecosystem builder Dagmawi Ambaw to explore why some of the continent's most promising markets remain largely invisible to global capital. Dagmawi explains how information gaps, language barriers, mismatched investment structures, and recycled assumptions continue to concentrate venture funding in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa—while countries such as Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somaliland, Rwanda, and The Gambia receive far less attention than their entrepreneurial activity may justify. They discuss the growing role of African diasporas as investors, the shift from remittances toward business creation, and why local knowledge remains one of the greatest advantages in frontier markets. Dagmawi makes the case that investors willing to spend time on the ground can uncover opportunities that remain inaccessible to firms relying on headlines, conventional data, or Silicon Valley investment models. Along the way, they examine mobile money, fintech, ride-hailing, artificial intelligence, state-owned enterprises, startup regulation, foreign incorporation, acquisition-led exits, and the practical realities of investing across 54 distinct African markets. In this episode, Andrew and Dagmawi discuss: Why African venture capital remains concentrated in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa. How information asymmetry and language barriers prevent investors from understanding overlooked African economies. Why Ethiopia's population, growing urbanisation, and concentrated buying power make it one of Africa's most underrated investment markets. How Somaliland's diaspora, mobile-money adoption, and entrepreneurial culture are creating opportunities beyond conventional geopolitical narratives. 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