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Notes & reflections.

Short pieces on solar, policy, market dynamics, and practical questions from the Nordic–Africa frontier. Written for practitioners and the curious alike.

The Corridor Is Built. Now It Needs Freight.

The Corridor Is Built. Now It Needs Freight.

Two weeks after the Nordic-African Summit at TechBBQ 2026, the talking points have settled. What remains is a question of traffic — and the freight the corridor is missing sits in the middle, between a promising project and a bankable one.

The Number That Followed Me Home From Copenhagen

The Number That Followed Me Home From Copenhagen

Two weeks after TechBBQ's Investor Day, one number won't leave me: Europe puts roughly 150× less into its own technology than America does. And everything Europe said about itself that afternoon, Africa can say about Europe.

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