Afghanistan’s Coming Energy Boom
April 4th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an upbeat update on Afghanistan’s energy sector: Last month Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines, Wahidullah Shahrani, told the Wall Street Journal that he expects the country to start exporting oil as early as this year. Mr. Shahrani explained that oil wells in the Amu-Darya Basin in northern Afghanistan, while currently producing no oil, […]
Read more »Frontier Entrepreneurship: Doing Business In The Hardest Spots On Earth
April 4th, 2013
Courtesy of Inc., an interesting article (first in a series) on frontier entrepreneurship by Jake Cusack and Matthew Tilleard, a pair of investment advisors who work with growth companies in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Iraq, Haiti, and other countries devastated by war and poverty: You can learn a lot about a country on the way over, […]
Read more »Chinese Media Investment In Africa
April 4th, 2013
Via Balancing Act, an interesting commentary on Chinese investment in African media: Both private and state-owned Chinese companies are investing heavily in Africa. Part of this media push into Africa is about winning new friends and influencing the right people. The other part is straightforwardly looking to create new markets for both its technology and […]
Read more »Egypt’s Economic Challenge
April 4th, 2013
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Egypt’s economic woes: ANNOYED at being skinned in a Cairo bazaar, a medieval Arab traveller sniffed that rascally Egyptians behaved “as if there were no Day of Judgment.” The IMF, which has been trying to extend a generous package of aid to Egypt since revolution pitched the country […]
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.