The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

453. The Brief - February 3, 2026

Bidemi Ologunde, PhD, CICA

Check out host Bidemi Ologunde's new show: The Work Ethic Podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde traces four fast-moving global signals over the past week: the AI capital expenditure arms race led by Meta and Nvidia; the increasingly public rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; a cross-border investment-scam takedown in South Africa involving Interpol; and Myanmar's deepening post-coup crisis flagged by the United Nations. What happens when tech spending starts to look like geopolitics? Can Gulf rivalry reshape conflicts far beyond the region? Are global scam-busting coalitions keeping pace with digital fraud? And what would real accountability look like in Myanmar's war-torn future?

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com

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