Mexico: A False Dawn?
January 20th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, a report on Mexico’s economic rise: Mexico begins the new year with unusual optimism. People here have new hope that the worst of the drug war has passed, and the economy has returned to growth after a brutal recession. But in Mexico, things often aren’t what they seem: Is this country really […]
Read more »World’s Middle Class: 5 Billion By 2030
January 15th, 2013
Via Quarz, an interesting look at the rise of the world’s middle class: Millions of newly affluent people in emerging economies are reshaping and resizing the global middle class. The world’s middle class will swell from 2 billion to almost 5 billion by 2030, with most of that growth coming from developing countries, according to […]
Read more »Investment Case For Africa
January 15th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, some interesting analyst commentary on the investment case for Africa: Anthony, you’ve highlighted the investment case for Africa for several years. Why are you so excited about the opportunities there? Anthony Eaton: The average age in Africa is about 20. In Asia it’s about 30. In contrast, in […]
Read more »Kenyan Oil: Hot And Getting Hotter?
January 15th, 2013
Via OilPrice.com, a look at why Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April and if the country will be able to quickly – and economically – develop those discoveries into production: Oilprice.com: There were some major discoveries in […]
Read more »Ethiopia: Getting In On The Ground Floor
January 15th, 2013
Via Emerging Markets Insights, a report on Ethiopia: From Addis Ababa to Mekele, my latest trip to Ethiopia provided insights for the improving investment climate, in particular for consumer goods companies. Despite the absence of international food chains, American and European personal care and household products fill the shelves of small stores in the capital […]
Read more »China’s “String Of Pearls” Strategy: Secure The Ports Of South Asia
January 15th, 2013
Via WorldCrunch, a look on China’s “String of Pearls” strategy to secure the ports of south Asia: In the port of Chittagong, containers pile up like colorful cubes of sugar. Dozens of ships scurry down the estuary of the Karnaphuli, the river that winds around the economic capital of Bangladeshto finally stream down into the […]
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.