The Five Largest Economies In Africa
August 13th, 2012
Via Ventures Africa, a look at the five largest economies in Africa: No African nation has yet joined the ranks of the developed nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), but there are some sizeable economies on the continent, and economies that are gradually increasing in size. Though South Africa is by […]
Read more »U.S., Too, Wants to Bolster Investment in a Continent’s Economic Promise
August 9th, 2012
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on increased US interest in African investment: When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintonlanded in South Africa this week, she brought along a hefty delegation of executives from some of America’s leading companies — Boeing, Walmart, FedEx, G.E. — and a message: America is ready to invest […]
Read more »Can PDVSA Recover?
August 9th, 2012
Via The Journal of Energy Security, a look at Venezuela’s PDVSA: The Venezuelan oil industry can be pictured as a toothless tiger resting on its haunches before a huge slice of raw meat. The country sits on significant hydrocarbon resources that remain undeveloped due to severe management, technical and financial constraints driven by the application […]
Read more »Who Are Tomorrow’s Consumers?
August 9th, 2012
Via Project Syndicate, a look at the future of consumer markets: Luxury-brand companies’ stock prices plunged in July, after their financial results disappointed investors, owing largely to slower sales in emerging markets, especially in China. Meanwhile, news reports indicate that high-end shopping malls in India and China are increasingly empty. What is going on? Many […]
Read more »NATO, Post-2014 Afghanistan, And The Energy Dimensions of Security
August 8th, 2012
Via The Journal of Energy Security, some thoughts on the direction that Afghanistan’s energy security will take within a NATO context in the future: Afghanistan History is waiting to be made in a post-2014 Afghanistan. As the Alliance’s 2012 Chicago Summit Declaration points out, NATO’s role will soon undertake a historic shift from a combatant […]
Read more »China’s Central Asia Balancing Act: Sino-Turkmen Energy Cooperation
August 8th, 2012
Via The Diplomat, some commentary on how recent Sino-Turkmen energy cooperation gives Beijing greater maneuverability in navigating the treacherous geopolitics of the region: Recently, Beijing played host to senior officials from Turkmenistan to discuss ways to enhance their energy cooperation. The Turkmen-Chinese Cooperation Committee (TCCC) – and its more significant subcommittee on energy – forms […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.