The world made a $1.3 trillion promise.
Then again, they made a $100 billion one in 2009. It took over a decade to arrive. Most of it came as debt. Almost none of it went to adaptation.
This Monday, Nexdel Intelligence breaks down the Baku-to-Belém Roadmap,
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A 21-year-old used a stolen, altered Quebec licence to buy a Land Rover from a Saskatoon dealership in Jan 2025. He came back weeks later for a BMW X5 from the same street.
The Land Rover was traced to Ghana.
In Ontario, Project Jack Links uncovered $20M+ in losses. 50+ thefts.
The global economy was called resilient heading into 2026. Then the Strait of Hormuz closed, crude hit $126, and five compounding forces hit at once. IMF: 3.1% global growth. UNCTAD: 2.7%. Pre-pandemic avg: 3.2%. The runway is shorter than anyone is admitting.
#GlobalEconomy
🇺🇸 The U.S. is slashing Africa visa processing from ~50 posts to 20 hubs.
Nigeria's capital Abuja? Cut. Lagos is the only hub for 220M people.
North Africa, all cut.
Combined with a $15,000 bond and travel bans on 39 countries.
https://t.co/pwhzIeYEcp
UK hiring intentions just hit a 15-year low.
694K vacancies. Unemployment at 5.1%. Job posts 19% below pre-pandemic.
This isn't a blip. It's structural, and AI is making it permanent. Full breakdown, @nexdelmedia
https://t.co/hkJFvZQV2V
#UKJobs#LabourMarket#Economics#Nexdel
The U.S. government is moving to remove civil service protections for hundreds of senior Health Department employees.
The change could make it easier to fire federal workers previously protected under...
#USPolitics#FederalWorkers#HHS#CivilService#GovernmentNews#Trump
China just extended zero tariffs to all 53 African nations. South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt were ready on Day One.
Nigeria's story is more complicated. An audit of Nigeria–China trade data shows that the goods that would genuinely benefit, Nigeria cannot yet export them at...
For the first time since 1957, Honda Motor posted an annual operating loss, ¥414 billion ($2.63B).
Cancelled EV models, a strategic retreat, and a candid admission that Chinese manufacturers havenoutcompeted them.
Full report at https://t.co/a5IDWcQ8fO
#Honda#HondaEV#EVFail
A teenager from Greenwich, Connecticut is now living in Lagos, betting $7.3 million that he can crack a market that has already swallowed Jumia Food, Bolt Food, and HelloFood whole.
Swoop's 100% rider retention model is different. But "different" has never been enough in Nigeria
April was a defining month for Nexdel.
We expanded our network with 6 expert contributors, published 13 insightful pieces, and launched our report library, now available for free.
This is just the beginning, be part of what’s next.
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We've been watching something unfold in Lagos for weeks. Our analysis drops Monday. If you work in African tech, emerging markets, or venture, you'll want to read this one.
Stay close. https://t.co/wUKNEi80Lv
#Nexdel#Africa#Lagos#AfricanTech#EmergingMarkets#VentureCapital
Solar isn't the future. It's the present we keep delaying. Every panel in the ground is a choice, to stop extracting and start regenerating. That's the circular economy in action. The grid doesn't have to be dirty. The decision to change it is political, not technical. #Solar
Africa sets the sound. Someone else cashes out.
This Thursday, 23rd April, @obasijuade one of Africa's most respected voices in music & entertainment makes the economic case in full.
Breaks it all the way down on https://t.co/wUKNEi80Lv
#AfricaEntertainment#AfricaMusic#nexdel
Download your complimentary, expert-written report on climate finance, exploring why global capital is still misallocated despite record growth, & what structural reforms are needed to close the $2T gap.
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Africa's artists are setting the pace globally. The economics haven't caught up yet.
Sub-Saharan Africa grew recorded music revenues by 22.6% in 2024, 2nd fastest in the world. Total share of global revenues? Less than half a percent.
#AfricaEntertainment
The question is no longer whether African culture has become currency. The question is who holds the account. In this piece, Sijuade Adedokun, music executive, President of AMAMN, and Recording Academy member, maps the structural reconfiguration underway across Africa's creative
The artistic case has been made. The global audience is established. What remains unresolved is architecture: who builds, and controls, the systems that capture the value of that demand?
Read the full analysis at https://t.co/wUKNEi80Lv
#AfricanEconomy#CreativeEconomy#Afrobeats
Africa produces the culture. The world streams it. Someone else cashes the cheque.
Sub-Saharan Africa: 22.6% music revenue growth in 2024. Sub-Saharan Africa's share of global revenues: 0.37%. That's the gap
@obasijuade breaks down the structural barriers. https://t.co/wUKNEi80Lv