Africa’s Consumer Revolution
November 6th, 2012
Via Project Syndicate, an interesting look at African consumers: Nowadays, Africa’s economic potential – and the business opportunities that go with it – is widely acknowledged. Poverty and unemployment are still more widespread than in other emerging markets, but accelerating growth since 2000 has made Africa the world’s second-fastest-growing region (after emerging Asia and equal […]
Read more »Indonesian Consumers Keep Market Strong
November 5th, 2012
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Indonesia’s strong consumer spending: Indonesia’s economy grew by an enviable 6.2 per cent in the third quarter, in line with market expectations. With benchmark rates at a record low and exports responsible for a far smaller portion of the economy than its neighbours, Indonesia appears to have […]
Read more »Entrepreneurs Struggle To Rebuild Libya
November 5th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a look at Libya: A Libyan oil terminal burns during the civil war. Security troubles continue to make life difficult for business The property mogul beams with pride as he shows off his vision for developing Benghazi’s dilapidated city centre, which was sorely neglected during the four decades of Colonel Muammer […]
Read more »India: Online Retail
November 3rd, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a look at online retail in India: When it comes to internet users, India is growing fast. While the number of internet users globally rose 7 per cent last year, the figure was 41 per cent in India. And this is creating some interesting opportunities – not least for clothing retailers. […]
Read more »L’Oréal: Prettying Up Colombia
November 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on L’Oréal’s entree into Colombia and its plan to use that nation as launch pad into other parts of South America: Colombia’s female beauty is renowned for being naturally stunning. Sometimes there are some enhancements to what nature originally provided, though, helped by the scalpel of a plastic […]
Read more »Future Is At The Frontier
November 1st, 2012
Via What Investment, a view on frontier markets from BlackRock: Sam Vecht, director and portfolio manager at investment firm BlackRock, has hotly tipped frontier markets to outperform emerging markets. According to Vecht, while emerging markets are still interesting, they are no longer delivering the returns seen in recent years, as reflected in the MSCI China […]
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.