Other Regions
by impact geography: 135
Issues 7
- IssueA handful of outsized deals dominate value in a market that is 1.2% of global transactions1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueConsumption moving from basic goods to luxury goods and services1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueConverting capital momentum into sustained growth turns on workforce talent and public governance1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFDI dominance coexists with sharply volatile portfolio and bank-related flows2 trends · 5 signals
- IssueInstitutional framework is the systematic weak point of the six growth markets1 trends · 7 signals
- IssueRegional finance runs through Singapore, which blurs where capital originates1 trends · 3 signals
- IssueStigma and availability gaps are being met with low-cost apps rather than clinicians1 trends · 0 signals
Trends 4
- TrendCross-border M&A binds the six to Asia's advanced economies and the United States4 signals
- TrendFinancial size and depth expand across the six growth markets3 signals
- TrendMobile-first AI platforms become Africa's route to mental health access2 signals
- TrendThe Sahel's G-Zero: jihadist expansion into coastal West Africa2 signals
Signals 124
- Signal2026 Iran War — US-Israel Strike Iranian Nuclear Facilities, Ceasefire Fragile
- Signal29 Global South nations sign founding agreement for World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO)
- SignalA $137bn Chinese mega-dam met by a $77bn Indian counter-dam programme
- SignalA Moroccan dam due in 2026 would restrict water to Algerians
- SignalAI and the Digital Divide in Education — Frontiers in Computer Science 2026 / Bridging the AI Divide in High School STEM in Developing Countries
- SignalAIx4Soccer: A Unified Platform Architecture for Football Club Management and Structured Athlete Development
- SignalASEAN AI Summit September 2026 Cebu; 45–50 Unicorns; Localised AI Leapfrogging
- SignalASEAN Tech Summit 2026 opens in Manila, pushes borderless digital economy
- SignalAbout half of Singapore's FDI inflows come from the US and Europe while its outflows go to Asia
- SignalAdaptation Fund Strengthens Country Ownership with New National Entities in Mexico and Nepal, Re-Accredits UNESCO
- SignalAfDB launches 2026 Regional Economic Outlook amid fragmented global financing
- SignalAfrica Tokenization for SME Finance; Brookings Foresight Africa 2026
- SignalAfrica needs 500 more data centers within nine years, says AfCFTA secretary-general
- SignalAll six beat peers on Financial Size and Condition but three fall below on Financial Access
- SignalAmazon to invest record $48 billion in India (2026-2030) for AI, AWS cloud infrastructure
- SignalAustralia Launches 2026 Defence Innovation, Science and Technology Strategy
- SignalB2B leads cross-border deal count while B2C leads value on the strength of one transaction
- SignalBHASHINI Rajyam: MeitY and Goa partner to advance language-first digital public infrastructure (Konkani)
- SignalBenin attack fatalities up nearly 70% as JNIM reaches Nigeria
- SignalBreakthrough Agenda Report 2026: Gap between ambition and progress / Why the hydrogen economy is being reconsidered after Middle East disruptions
- SignalCambodia has the group's weakest Business Perception and falls well below peers on Public Governance
- SignalCambodia's bank-related inflows turned negative in 2024 after driving growth to 2021
- SignalCaribbean Court of Justice clears way for US extradition of Guyana's opposition leader to resume
- SignalCentral Bank of Egypt Launches Pan-African Financial Stability Committee Portal
- SignalClientEarth and CPI Indonesia Sign MOU to Support Just Energy Transition
- SignalClimate policy. Is the era of unlimited emissions offsets ending?
- SignalCritica Cuts Jupiter Acid Consumption by Around 30% in Hydrometallurgical Breakthrough
- SignalCritical Metals Corp Advances to Final Round of Kenya Government Tender for the Mrima Hill Rare Earth and Niobium Project
- SignalCross-border deals are 49.2% of value but 40.3% of transactions in the six
- SignalDelhi Moves to Give Every Property a Unique Aadhaar-Style Digital Identity
- SignalDelhi government to introduce Land Records Bill assigning digital 'Property Aadhaar' ID to every property
- SignalDigital platforms are cast as the delivery channel for emotional support across Africa
- SignalEU disburses €1.5 billion to Egypt under Macro-Financial Assistance programme
- SignalEU sanctions seven persons, three entities over Southeast Asia scam centre human rights abuses
- SignalEbola disease outbreak (Bundibugyo virus) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda — situation update
- SignalEditorial: Crop suitability and food security: the evolution of new technologies
- SignalEthiopia inaugurates the Grand Renaissance Dam without a Nile agreement
- SignalFDI rose to 72.5% of inflows to the six as portfolio share fell from 21.5% to 8.5%
- SignalFDI to the six rose from $50.0bn in 2015 to $74.7bn in 2024, averaging 67.6% of inflows
- SignalFigure 3 gives each of the six a global rank in all five GOI categories
- SignalFigure 6 gives standardized peer-comparison scores for the six across all fourteen subcategories
- SignalFive of six beat peers on Business Constraints while the same five lag on Recovery and Resolution
- SignalGhana's Supreme Court rules party delegate system unconstitutional
- SignalGuardian/EIA Investigation Finds UK Plastic Waste Contaminating Turkish Farmland
- SignalGujarat launches 'Viksit Gujarat – Data Centre Policy 2026-29'
- SignalHuawei South Africa Connect 2026 to tackle the infrastructure needed for the AI era
- SignalIMF reaches staff-level agreement with Bolivia on $1.9 billion economic reform package
- SignalINC Ransomware Emerges as Dominant Actor Exploiting SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaws
- SignalIndia Supreme Court sets aside NCLT/NCLAT orders based on AI-generated fake legal precedents; RBI frontier-AI cyber risk directive
- SignalIndia approves 12 semiconductor manufacturing projects worth ~$17.2B; IndiaAI Mission builds 45,000+ GPU compute centers
- SignalIndia suspends the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty
- SignalIndia to fit homegrown chips into space rockets, minister says
- SignalIndia's Cabinet Approves Rs 84,084 Crore 'Samudra Manthan' National Offshore Exploration Scheme
- SignalIndia's Lok Sabha Passes Bankers' Books Evidence Bill 2026, Allowing Police Access to Bank Records Without Court Order
- SignalIndia's NIOT Launches National Technothon for Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodule Collection Technology
- SignalIndia/Southeast Asia Manufacturing Skills Shortage 2026 — From Skills Gaps to Growth
- SignalIndonesia ranks 46th overall and 38th in Financial Services, compared with 78th in 2022
- SignalIndonesia seeks AI sovereignty through local models, digital talent
- SignalInvestors' Rights spread runs from 1.7 SD above peers in Malaysia to 2.0 SD below in Lao PDR
- SignalIran sells oil at 20% premium as US ends blockade threat on Strait of Hormuz
- SignalKAUST develops precise large-fragment gene insertion method for crops, published in Nature Biotechnology
- SignalKenya Closes Public Consultation on Draft AI and Emerging Technologies Policy 2026
- SignalKorea and Chile agree to modernize FTA, restart joint trade committee after decade
- SignalKuwait ratifies comprehensive defense cooperation agreement with Pakistan amid Gulf tensions
- SignalLao PDR is last of the six with 75th in Economic Fundamentals and 79th in Institutional Framework
- SignalLao PDR's FDI share rose as its absolute value slipped and bank flows went negative for three years
- SignalLaos Launches Nationwide Digital ID App, Phasing Out Paper Documents
- SignalLatin American Crime Groups Adopt Drones, AI Scams, and Cyber Intrusions
- SignalLatin American prison tuberculosis notification runs 29 times community rates
- SignalMaharashtra Governor Launches Month-Long Drive to Plant One Million Trees in Nagpur
- SignalMalaysia and the Philippines saw FDI shares fall while their absolute FDI rose
- SignalMalaysia had the decade's most frequent reversals in capital inflows
- SignalMalaysia has 49.2% of deals and Indonesia 47.3% of deal value among the six
- SignalMalaysia leads the six at 23rd overall, 17th in Financial Services and 18th in Business Perception
- SignalMonash team generates, steers and reads optical information on a single chip (Nature Photonics)
- SignalMorocco Pilots Porous 'Sponge' Pavement to Cool Streets in Marrakech and Agadir
- SignalMyanmar re-emerges as arena of China-India geopolitical competition amid dueling state visits
- SignalNairobi's Matatu System and the Future of African Transit — Urban Research
- SignalOne $10.6bn Thai acquisition of Tesco Malaysia makes Thailand the top origin by value
- SignalOver 80% of Pakistani agriculture depends on Indian-controlled headwaters
- SignalPakistan's Cyber Crime Agency Summons Journalist Asad Ali Toor Under PECA Over Alleged Fake Information
- SignalPortfolio and bank-related flows, not FDI, drove the decade's variation in inflows
- SignalQatar's Environment Ministry Launches 'Smart Observer' Autonomous Marine Monitoring Vessel
- SignalSahel displacement stays regional: Mali and Burkina Faso under 2% of EU asylum claims
- SignalSaudi official outlines anti-trafficking measures amid rise of online scam recruitment
- SignalSector composition of cross-border deals is broadly similar across the four larger markets
- SignalSingapore 18.9%, Japan 15.3%, the US 9.8%, South Korea 7.5% lead cross-border deal counts
- SignalSingapore IMDA releases world's first agentic AI governance framework
- SignalSingapore Law Minister Announces 'Significant Failings' Found in Law Society Workplace Culture Probe
- SignalSingapore launches its first National Adaptation Plan, designates 2026 'Year of Climate Adaptation'
- SignalSocial media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move / UAE bans under-15s from social media
- SignalSolomon Islands Signs US Shiprider Security Deal, Reaffirms Neutrality Amid China Ties
- SignalSolomon Islands signs Shiprider Agreement with US for maritime law enforcement
- SignalSouth Africa Withdraws AI Policy Draft After Hallucinated Citations Scandal
- SignalSouth Africa's Democratic Alliance Challenges Expropriation Act in Western Cape High Court
- SignalSouth Korea, Argentina Sign Critical Minerals MOU Covering Full Lithium Value Chain
- SignalSoutheast Asia records over 230 tons of methamphetamine seized in 2024
- SignalState of Tech in Africa H1 2026 recap: Is consolidation the new growth story?
- SignalStrategic Non-Alignment Rising: Africa, Middle East, Latin America Avoid Binary Choices
- SignalSudan: RSF committed crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing in el-Fasher (Amnesty)
- SignalTSMC Semiconductor Supply Chain Under Strait of Hormuz Blockade Risk
- SignalTSMC posts record Q1 2026; Strait of Hormuz blockade threatens chip supply chain
- SignalTariff Volatility Pushes Global Supply Chains into Regional Reset in 2026
- SignalTechCabal — ForgeTech Summit 2026 and Tier 2 African markets (Ghana, Rwanda, Tunisia) gaining investor interest
- SignalThailand Implements New Business Registration Checks to Curb Nominee Arrangements
- SignalThailand and Canada Launch Carbon Capture Pilot in Cement Industry via 'Saraburi Sandbox'
- SignalThailand seeks 'hybrid' AI governance model to become ASEAN's responsible-AI hub
- SignalThe Initiative claims African digital wellness is being scaffolded for scale across countries
- SignalThe Philippines pairs 6th in Economic Performance with 56th in Business Perception
- SignalThe six span GDP ranks 17th to 137th while Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei, and Timor-Leste are excluded
- SignalTramadol abuse reaches 30% pooled prevalence in studied West African populations
- SignalTrump directs USTR Section 301 tariff action against Brazil over trade practices and deforestation
- SignalTwo Hours of Daily Social Media Linked to Teen Depression (longitudinal 10-year)
- SignalU.S.-ASEAN Trade & Tariff Developments
- SignalUOB's 2022-2023 acquisitions are said to have doubled its retail base in four markets
- SignalUS Treasury sanctions multinational network supporting Iran's Mahan Air and IRGC
- SignalUS and Iran Reach Tentative 60-Day Ceasefire Memorandum of Understanding
- SignalUS threatens Iranian infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz attacks; Ukraine to export drones to US
- SignalUS withdrew forces from Nigeria after joint operation killed ISIS global deputy leader
- SignalUS–Iran conflict escalates: naval blockade reinstated, new sanctions, ICC targeted
- SignalVietnam Enacts Asia's First AI Law (March 2026); Singapore Launches World's First Agentic AI Governance Framework
- SignalVietnam ranks 39th overall on the strength of Economic Fundamentals
- SignalVietnam's FDI held at or above 53.0% of inflows while other components swung
- SignalWater-Related Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa Surge 36% — 76 Cases in 2024