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Sean McLaughlin
Sean McLaughlin worked as a Data Analyst for Wood Mackenzie, a provider of data and research for the energy industry, from 2021 to 2024. Prior to that, he worked in market intelligence on Latin America and Spain between 2016 and 2020 for Acuris (now part of ION Analytics). He has written extensively on the issue of Northern Ireland in the EU-UK Brexit negotiations for think tank VoteWatch Europe. He holds a degree in Arabic and International Relations from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, as well as a degree in Data Science for Business from the University of Stirling, Scotland. Any views expressed are personal.
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Why South Africa needs a Sovereign Wealth Fund
- By Sean McLaughlin
- . Jul 26, 2024
Is it extreme to suggest a country with immense poverty should establish a national savings and investments pot, or a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF)? No.
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How the centre can hold and South Africa can thrive
- By Sean McLaughlin
- . Jul 17, 2024
Last year I wrote a 2034 optimistic time travel piece on SA; many saw it as naïve. 2023 was a hard year to be bullish
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The Great British election misses the mark: Why we will stumble on
- By Sean McLaughlin
- . Jul 3, 2024
The United Kingdom has the aura of a success story. Its economy is open and vibrant, its political system, centuries old, is rock solid. That
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The DA’s cautious path to victory
- By Sean McLaughlin
- . Jun 11, 2024
I write with trepidation on matters changing so fluidly. Yet one thing will stay the same: South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) will remain the most
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How the ANC and the DA can find each other
- By Sean McLaughlin
- . Jun 6, 2024
What is effectively happening here is a head-to-head. The once dominant African National Congress (ANC) can no longer govern alone, having nosedived to 40.18% in