A Myth Around Africa’s Rise?
January 6th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, a contrarian look at Africa’s economic potential: Recent high growth rates and increased foreign investment in Africa have given rise to the popular idea that the continent may well be on track to become the next global economic powerhouse. This “Africa Rising” narrative has been most prominently presented in recent cover stories […]
Read more »Chinese Companies To Invest Billions In Cambodia
January 4th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on planned Chinese investment in Cambodia: Two Chinese companies have reached a deal to build a 400-kilometer rail line, a steel plant and a seaport in Cambodia, worth a combined $11.2 billion, in what would be by far the impoverished country’s biggest-ever investments. Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining […]
Read more »Haiti: Pearls Of Wisdom
January 3rd, 2013
Via Leopard Capital, a look at the investment potential of Haiti: As billions of dollars of foreign assistance pour into the “Pearl of the Antilles” driving economic growth, the CEO and Founder of pioneering private equity firm Leopard Capital explains why he believes Haiti is poised for growth and mutually beneficial investment opportunities abound In […]
Read more »Fighting Poverty With Five Star Hotels
January 3rd, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at how the World Bank’s investment arm hands out billions in loans to wealthy tycoons and giant multinationals in some of the world’s poorest places: Accra is a city of choking red dust where almost no rain falls for three months at a time and clothes hung out on […]
Read more »Laos Could Bear Cost Of Planned Chinese Railroad
January 3rd, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on a planned Chinese railroad through Laos: Laos has fewer than two miles of rail, linking the area of Vientiane, the capital, to Thailand, operated by the Thai government. Construction of a line that would link Vientiane to Kunming, China, is under consideration. Vietnam its nearly 2,000 miles […]
Read more »Africa: The Next 20 Years
January 3rd, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting forecast of what Africa may expect in the next 20 years: Given the political and economic patterns set over the last 60 years, what can Africa expect over the next 20 years? If not more of the same, what needs to be changed? Sixty years ago, emboldened by such figures […]
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.