{"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 14: Yassine Soussi Temli: Why Morocco Could Become Africa's Next Economic Powerhouse","slug":"ep-14-yassine-soussi-temli-why-morocco-could-become-africa-s-next-economic-powerhouse","published_at":"2026-08-12T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borders-conversations-on-global-south-capital-and-geopolitics-7872364/ep-14-yassine-soussi-temli-why-morocco-could-become-africa-s-next-economic-powerhouse","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-14-yassine-soussi-temli-why-morocco-could-become-africas-next-economic-powerhouse","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ad96190b-f614-4ba6-ac31-26ffbdc6d90b/Borders_E14_Yassine_Soussi_Temli_FULL_AUDIO_rev1.mp3?dest-id=5317560","summary":"Andrew Henderson sits down with Moroccan corporate finance advisor and investor Yassine Soussi Temli to explore why Morocco is quietly emerging as one of Africa's most strategically important economies. From manufacturing and logistics to finance, tourism, agriculture, and mining, Yassine explains how Morocco has positioned itself as a bridge between Europe, Africa, and the wider global economy. They discuss Morocco's unique geopolitical position, its growing role as Europe's manufacturing hub, the expansion of Tangier Med into one of the world's busiest ports, and why Casablanca is positioning itself as a regional financial center for African investment. Yassine explains how Morocco's political stability, infrastructure investment, and business-friendly environment have attracted multinational companies while creating a rapidly expanding middle class. Along the way, they examine banking, fintech, Islamic finance, tourism, hospitality, agriculture, desalination, renewable energy, rare earth minerals, and Morocco's long-term ambitions leading up to the 2030 FIFA World Cup and beyond. The conversation also explores Morocco's balancing act between Europe and Africa, its role in migration, and why many investors continue to overlook one of the continent's most dynamic economies. In this episode, Andrew and Yassine discuss: Why Morocco is becoming one of Africa's most attractive destinations for international investment. How Morocco is positioning itself as Europe's manufacturing and export platform, often compared to Mexico's role for the United States. The rapid expansion of Tangier Med and why logistics infrastructure is reshaping Morocco's economy. Casablanca Finance City's ambition to become a gateway for capital flowing into Africa. 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