Global South

The Slow Collapse

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Pakistan media and technology · independent analysis · may 2026 TheSlowCollapse. Pakistan’s news industry is sitting on 111 million potential readers, a diaspora wiring $38.3 billion home every year, and the most influential audience in the country living on X. They are reaching almost none of them. Here’s the data. Here’s why. Here’s what they … Read more

The Silent Storm: AI Is About to Eat Traditional Businesses in the Global South & GCC

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I just spent the last 30 days on the road away from Canada to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Dubai spending time with founders from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Myanmar, and every corner of the global south. Every single one of them was cautiously optimistic about the future. Smiling. Talking growth. Common thread..”next year … Read more