Here’s your Daily Brief for November 18th through November 19th:

Financial and Economic Reports on Each African Country – Courtesy of Wharton Business School (UPenn), a collection of what looks to be final papers covering the financial and economic states of each and every African country.

The Good and Bad of South Africa’s Fiscal Expansion for Investors (via Afribiz) – As South Africa prepares for the World Cup, it’s fiscal expansionary policies bring along both pros and cons.

The World’s Most Intriguing Startups: Innovation in a Downturn (via BusinessWeek) – An interesting collection – check it out! HT: Nathaniel Whittemore

Celebrating the art of the possible (via Kiwanja) – Congratulations to Ken Banks and all who have collaborated on FrontlineSMS for being awarded the Tech Awards for a second time! Intel listed the full list of award recipients on their blog.

Interview with Paul Polak: Over 17 Million Poor Customers Served (via Unreasonable Institute) – Teju Ravilochan from the Unreasonable Institute has been doing some great inverviews that can be found on both the UI website and the SOCAP website. Here’s an interview with Paul Polak, whose book Out of Poverty was one of the first books I read on social enterprise!

Don’t forget to head over to the Unreasonable Institute website, as applications have opened for the upcoming class of “Unreasonable Fellows”!