Exponential View by Azeem Azhar

Share this post

📊 EV’s Charts of the Week #96

www.exponentialview.co

📊 EV’s Charts of the Week #96

China, Russia, African fintech, autonomous vehicles, defence++

Azeem Azhar
and
Chantal Smith
Oct 26, 2022
30
Share this post

📊 EV’s Charts of the Week #96

www.exponentialview.co

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. I convene Exponential View to help us understand how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies. Every Wednesday, I do this in Charts of the Week.

🚀 The near future delivered to your inbox, weekly.

DEPT OF KILLING THE GOOSE

Smashed eggs
In last Sunday’s newsletter, I argued that Xi’s model of unilateral and centralised decision-making is taking its toll on the Chinese tech sector. It’s getting worse: tech stocks are collapsing. The Nasdaq Goldman Dragon China Index dropped by 20%, and Alibaba is down 32.74% and below its September 2014 IPO date.

Source: Ycharts

No more gold
”Lowest level since 2007” is rarely something you want to read.

Source: Financial Times

Emptying nest
The country is losing its manufacturing dominance in some lower-value consumer goods.

Source: CNBC

WEEKLY SURVEY

Africa is defying global trends, with venture funding increasing by 150% in Q1 2022 compared to the same period the previous year. 

Loading...

Share

Source: Quartz Africa

For more on the African innovation scene, I would recommend The Big Deal newsletter. They recently published a great breakdown of the gender disparity in the continent’s startup scene. 

*In the previous edition of Charts of the Week, we asked how much Amazon’s employee attrition costs the firm annually. Just 19% of readers selected the correct answer: $8bn. Well done!*

DEPT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
Previous
Next
© 2023 EPIIPLUS1 Ltd
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing