Professional Services Firms: Looking Beyond South Sudan’s Challenges
August 26th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, a look at South Sudan: Not put off by South Sudan’s lack of infrastructure and tensions with its northern neighbour, multinational professional services firms such as EY (formerly Ernst & Young) and Deloitte have opened offices in Africa’s newest country. In 2011 South Sudan declared independence after the […]
Read more »India’s Potential: Three Experiences Almost Not Possible Five Years Ago
August 26th, 2013
Via Emerging Markets Insights, some commentary on India: As one spends time in India at a point when the economy seems to be falling apart, it is easy to forget the advances this generally slow moving country has made on several fronts over the past few years. Though growth has moved off its high trajectory, […]
Read more »Nigeria Beckons Investors Fleeing The BRICs
August 24th, 2013
Via Forbes, an interesting article on Nigeria: With even Goldman Sachs turning cold on the core emerging markets basket of Brazil, India, Russia and China, investors are combing the world looking for a place to put their money to work. For this new generation of adventurers, the goal is to be on the ground in […]
Read more »Pakistan and Its Neighbors
August 24th, 2013
Courtesy of Eurasia Review, an examination of Pakistan’s regional neighbors: Pakistan Pakistan’s Southern front is exposed to over 1200 kilometer long coastal line and on the three sides it has Iran, Afghanistan and Iran. It is also linked with China via historical Silk Route. The country is natural energy and trade corridor and can earn […]
Read more »The Great Potash Power Play
August 24th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an intriguing look at the potash industry, a sector that involves Ethiopia, Ukraine, and China among others: Potash is perhaps the world’s most strategic fertilizer. Mineable deposits are concentrated in a handful of countries, it cannot be synthesized, and crop yields suffer badly without it. Russia-based Uralkali, the world’s largest potash producer, […]
Read more »Turmoil’s Impact On Libya’s Oil Industry
August 24th, 2013
Via ValueWalk, a look at Libya’s oil industry: Libyan July oil production dropped 29% MoM and halved over the previous year due to a civil war situation in the country. Furthermore, the country has closed all of its oil export terminals in the Eastern region, making the Mediterranean oil market very uncomfortable about prospects of […]
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.