I ♥ MACRO (among other things). One of the things I like doing on countries I spend some time in is to have a macroeconomic opinion on it. Are the people there creating value and wealth? Is hte current situation sustainable? What direction does the country seem to take? etc I am interested about the …
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Taxi Driver: Art of the Deal by Dakar’s Roadsides
Public transportation in Dakar is an interesting process. There are buses which is conform to what one would see in documentaries on most of the African cities: colorful, full to the brim (and more) with passengers with some of them holding on any protuberances outside of the buses, move with the help of the spirits …
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Pigeons in Dakar
Some says pigeons are the rats of the sky in big cities. In French, they also designate those who got scammed and/or are too gullible. I wonder what is the word they use to designate such people in Dakar but I was nearly victim of this interesting practice there. The story started out in a …
Senegal Day 1: from the Airport to Dakar
So here I am: I landed in Dakar. I landed at 10:30pm courtesy of Air France’s abyssmal quality of service (but they make great safety instruction videos). I find discovering a city by night to be interesting (I thing I will be using that word a lot here). Some usual questions may arise and they …
Impressions and Thoughts from Dakar 