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The Founder’s Desk, and the press file.

A monthly column from Megala’s founding partner on the craft of ground-truth research — plus everything journalists need to describe the firm accurately.

The Founder’s Desk

Monthly · by the Founding Partner

October 2026

Why we publish our failures first

Most research firms lead with their best calls. We are leading with a post-mortem series — because an institution that studies failure in public earns the right to be trusted on everything else.

September 2026

The two-way map is a discipline, not a slogan

Firms that only look into Africa learn to see it as a risk surface. Firms that also look out of it learn to see it as a client. Megala is built as both — deliberately, from day one.

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Megala Consulting is an independent investment-intelligence firm headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Built on a vetted network of in-country experts across Africa and beyond, Megala produces country political risk assessments, scenario outlooks, and conditional verdicts for investors moving capital in both directions — into Africa, and from Africa into the world. Megala is privately funded and fully independent in its analysis.

Media contact: info@megalaconsulting.com

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