Selected Work
Selected Work
In-depth Research
- Africa’s investment future: I was asked to explore the potential of long-term investment in Africa. I built a database, found a surprising conclusion, and wrote what remained the most-read content on the firm’s global site for six months. (Ernst & Young)
- Global supply chains: already shrinking before COVID-19. Understand why, what it means, and listen to my audio interview on the topic as well. (Sage Business Researcher)
- Renewable energy in the U.S.: explaining the options, and technologies, and the debate about what comes next (CQ Researcher)
- Fintech explosion Indonesia: understanding explosive growth in one of the most prospective markets (Oxford Business Group)
- COMING SOON: how foreign investment from governments leads to corruption in the Middle East
Policy and Analysis
- Digital currencies: why central banks ignored crypto until Facebook got involved (Oxford Business Group)
- Understanding a historic election in Africa’s largest country… (Foreign Affairs)
- …and taking stock again four years later (Foreign Policy)
- Oil, macroeconomics and money: why Ghana gained oil revenue but still stumbled into crisis (Institutional Investor)
- Why globalization dulled the impact of Trump’s attack on energy regulations (Foreign Affairs)
Narrative Storytelling
- Crossing Guards: how private ownership thwarted new infrastructure crucial to the North American economy (Harper’s)
- Moving beyond microcredit: a DC policy debate failed to factor in the people most impacted (The New Yorker)
- The Sultan of Circumcision (The Globe and Mail)
- Pounding rounds to convert animal poachers to animal protectors (The Walrus)
- Mosque Click here for a short documentary about myself and the making of this story, on how moving to North America changed Muslim ideas about mosque architecture. (The Walrus)
Investigative Reporting
- I wanted to find a specific statistic about global mining, and was told it wasn’t possible. I found it anyways, and explained its relevance in a piece that still gets hits eight years later (Foreign Affairs)
- Corruption’s silver lining in Nigeria: a lesson for policy makers on justice and local participation in the oil sector (Foreign Affairs)
- This exclusive ahead during the 2017 tax-reform debate traced global financial flows to show how one part of the president’s plan was worthless (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- The Truth About Taxes: How to close the loopholes on multinationals (Foreign Affairs)
- How offshore tax havens distort foreign-investment figures (Institutional Investor)
