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Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics

by Mr. Andrew J. Henderson

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 conversation acts as a case study in how systems evolve: how capital flows, how institutions develop, and how local realities shape global outcomes. Many of the most important global developments occur far from the places where global narratives are written. Borders is not designed as fast media. It is a long-term archive of conversations with people shaping the world beyond the usual centers of attention; intellectual capital for listeners interested in how the world actually works.

Latest episodes

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Ep 19: Matt Ridgway: Why Chile's Stability Still Commands a Premium

Andrew Henderson sits down with Matt Ridgway, founder of Chile Investments, to explore what investors are really paying for when they choose Chile. Drawing on his experie

Oct 15
52 min

Ep 18: Parag Khanna: Why Young People Are the Best Measure of a Country's Future

Andrew Henderson sits down with Parag Khanna, founder and CEO of AlphaGeo, author, and global strategy advisor, to examine how migration reveals whether countries are pre

Oct 6
43 min

Ep 17: Calvin Froedge: Why the Physical Economy Decides Who Actually Has Power

Episode Description / Show Notes Andrew Henderson sits down with Calvin Froedge, an American investor based in Panama who trades and analyzes shipping, energy, and commod

Sep 29
46 min

Ep 16: Nii Narku Quaynor: Why Africa Needs Internet Builders, Not Just Users

Andrew Henderson sits down with Professor Nii Narku Quaynor, an internet pioneer and professor of computer science at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, to explore wh

Sep 20
54 min

Ep 15: Eugene Tawiah: Why Africa's Money Struggles to Cross Its Own Borders

Andrew Henderson sits down with Eugene Tawiah, founder and CEO of SecondSTAX, to explore why Africa has more than 30 stock exchanges but still lacks a genuinely continent

Sep 15
52 min

Ep 14: Yassine Soussi Temli: Why Morocco Could Become Africa's Next Economic Powerhouse

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 st

Aug 12
1 h 01 min

Ep 13: Dagmawi Ambaw: Why Investors Are Missing Africa's Biggest Opportunities

Andrew Henderson sits down with Ethiopian investor and African venture ecosystem builder Dagmawi Ambaw to explore why some of the continent's most promising markets remai

Aug 7
58 min

Ep 12: Iselin Stensdal: The Myth of China's Arctic Ambitions

Andrew Henderson sits down with Dr. Iselin Stensdal, Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, to examine one of today's most misunderstood geopolitical fr

Jul 28
47 min

Ep 11: Alexander Torrenegra: Why Geography No Longer Determines Talent

Andrew Henderson sits down with Alexander Torrenegra, founder of Torre.ai, Voice123, Bunny Studio, and investor, to explore how remote work, artificial intelligence, and

Jul 17
1 h 04 min

Ep 10: Dharshan Munidasa: How Sri Lanka Turned Crab Into a Global Luxury Brand

Andrew Henderson sits down with Dharshan Munidasa, founder of Ministry of Crab, to explore how a single ingredient can reshape a country's global reputation. Using Sri La

Jul 8
42 min

Ep 9: Tiaan Bazuin: Namibia, Africa Light, and the Next Oil Boom

Andrew Henderson sits down with Tiaan Bazuin, CEO of the Namibia Stock Exchange, to explore why Namibia may be one of Africa's most overlooked frontier markets — and why

Jul 1
46 min

Ep 8: Joshua Rotbart: The New Geography of Gold

Andrew Henderson sits down with Joshua Rotbart, founder of J. Rotbart & Co., to explore how gold is reshaping wealth preservation, geopolitics, and global capital flows a

Jun 25
49 min

Ep 7: Ashley Cleveland: Africa Beyond South Africa

Andrew Henderson sits down with investor and Africa-focused advisor Ashley Cleveland to explore why many investors still view Africa through the lens of South Africa, whi

Jun 17
55 min

Ep 6: Einars Garoza: Investing in East Africa Before the Crowd Arrives

Andrew Henderson sits down with entrepreneur and Conserved Safaris founder Einars Garoza to explore why East Africa is emerging as one of the world's most compelling fron

Jun 12
49 min

Ep 5: Dilhan Fernando: Why Sri Lanka Exports Tea But Imports Poverty

Andrew Henderson sits down with Dilhan Fernando, CEO of Dilmah, to explore why so many countries in the Global South remain trapped exporting raw commodities while others

Jun 3
59 min

Ep 4: Cyrus Janssen: The Biggest Lie About China's Middle Class

Mr. Henderson sits down with China analyst and investor Cyrus Janssen to examine one of the most misunderstood narratives in global economics: the supposed stagnation of

Mar 18
1 h 22 min

Ep 3: Cheta Nwanze: The Real Constraint on Nigeria's Upside

Mr. Henderson sits down with Cheta Nwanze, a Nigerian political activist who studies how power, money, and incentives actually function inside the country. Cheta talks ab

Mar 18
1 h 04 min

Ep 2: Erick Brimen: The Radical Bet Behind Honduras' Private City

Mr. Henderson sits down with Erick Brimen, co-founder and CEO of Prospera, a privately governed jurisdiction on the Honduran island of Roatán. Rather than debating politi

Mar 18
56 min

Ep 1: Kwasi Kwarteng: Sovereignty, Tax, and the UK's Place in a Multipolar World

Andrew Henderson sits down with former UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to explore how tax policy, rule of law, and geopolitics are reshaping Britain's role in the world. Kwa

Mar 17
1 h 10 min

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