Frankfurt a. M., 28/09/2026: Artificial intelligence is changing the economic logic of international investment. In a contribution to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Prof. Stefan Liebing and Prof. Andreas Freytag argue that German companies could expand their international business while investing less capital abroad. Automation reduces the weight of wage differentials. Energy costs, infrastructure and regulatory certainty become decisive. This challenges Africa’s classical industrialisation pathways.
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