Ep 2: Erick Brimen: The Radical Bet Behind Honduras’ Private City
Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics
Release Date: 03/18/2026
Ep 6: Einars Garoza: Investing in East Africa Before the Crowd Arrives
Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics
East Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world, yet remains largely overlooked by international investors. While attention often focuses on established markets, countries like Tanzania are benefiting from rising tourism, expanding infrastructure, population growth, and increasing flows of global capital. In this episode of Borders, Andrew Henderson sits down with entrepreneur Einars Garoza, founder of Conserved Safaris, to discuss why he relocated his family to East Africa, how he transitioned from carbon credits into safari hospitality, and why he believes Tanzania represents...
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Ep 5: Dilhan Fernando: Why Sri Lanka Exports Tea But Imports Poverty
Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics
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 capture the branding, distribution, and profits downstream. Using Sri Lanka’s tea industry as a case study, Dilhan explains how colonial trade structures still shape modern supply chains — and why value addition, storytelling, and brand ownership are becoming essential for smaller nations trying to compete globally. They discuss Sri Lanka’s transformation from a colonial export economy into an emerging tourism,...
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Ep 4: Cyrus Janssen: The Biggest Lie About China’s Middle Class
Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics
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 China’s middle class. While Western commentary often focuses on decline, debt, and demographic headwinds, the lived economic reality inside China tells a more complex story. From digital infrastructure and consumer confidence to domestic brand dominance and capital flows, structural shifts are underway that investors and policymakers cannot afford to ignore. Rather than debating ideology, this conversation analyzes systems...
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Ep 3: Cheta Nwanze: The Real Constraint on Nigeria’s Upside
Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics
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 about what outsiders routinely miss about Nigeria: the real story isn’t “potential,” it’s the missing foundations that make long‑term planning possible. Early in the conversation, Cheta points to rule of law, including property rights, as the most under‑discussed driver of stability and investment confidence. From there, they move through the realities that shape policy, markets, and everyday life: Nigeria as...
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Ep 2: Erick Brimen: The Radical Bet Behind Honduras’ Private City
Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics
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 politics inside fixed national rules, Prospera asks a more radical question: what if the rules themselves are the product? If governance can be redesigned like software or a company, can better law actually outperform the nation‑state? Early in the conversation, Erick explains how Honduras’ post‑crisis search for investment opened the door to a Hong Kong–style special jurisdiction, backed by private capital but embedded in...
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Ep 1: Kwasi Kwarteng: Sovereignty, Tax, and the UK’s Place in a Multipolar World
Borders: Conversations on Global South Capital and Geopolitics
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. Kwasi lays out why the UK’s rising tax burden – from the new mansion tax to tighter non‑dom rules and higher employer contributions – is changing the country’s appeal to entrepreneurs and investors, even as its legal system, universities, and property rights remain world‑class. They discuss why London looks cheap but unloved as an equity market, the decline in London IPOs, and the shift of ambitious founders...
info_outlineMr. 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 politics inside fixed national rules, Prospera asks a more radical question: what if the rules themselves are the product? If governance can be redesigned like software or a company, can better law actually outperform the nation‑state?
Early in the conversation, Erick explains how Honduras’ post‑crisis search for investment opened the door to a Hong Kong–style special jurisdiction, backed by private capital but embedded in Honduran sovereignty. From there, they walk through what Prospera looks and feels like on the ground, why it runs on common law and arbitration, how it became the first place to allow full Bitcoin unit‑of‑account operations, and how the project fits into nearshoring, BPO, and broader Central American development.
In this episode, Andrew and Erick discuss:
- Why Prospera exists at all - Honduras opened the door to a privately run, Hong Kong‑style jurisdiction so it could test whether better rules, not just more aid, could drive real development.
- How Prospera treats governance as a service: a common‑law framework, for‑profit arbitration in place of traditional courts, and a revenue‑share deal where Honduras earns without putting up capital.
- What life and work in Prospera look like today, and more about the resort‑meets‑startup hub on Roatán that blends tourism, young founders, crypto and biotech companies, and a growing community of remote workers.
- How Prospera plugs into global money and crypto: Bitcoin approved as legal tender and usable as a full unit of account, plus clear, entrepreneur‑friendly rules for crypto and financial firms.
- Where the real economic upside lies: bilingual Honduran talent for BPO and professional services, plus a planned mainland hub near La Ceiba aimed at agro‑processing, light manufacturing, and nearshoring to the US.
- Why Erick thinks this model matters beyond Honduras. How it provides long‑term legal stability, proof it can survive hostile politics, and active interest from other countries that see competing jurisdictions as a way to unlock growth.
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