Libya’s City States
August 15th, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on Libya’s city states: By all rights, Misrata, Libya’s third-largest city, ought to be a mess. The late Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi considered the place to be a hotbed of resistance during the 2011 revolution, and his troops pounded it with everything they had (including Scud missiles). The resulting levels […]
Read more »Nigeria
August 15th, 2013
Via SilkInvest, a look at Nigeria: At Silk Invest, we believe that Nigeria is probably one of most misunderstood places in the world today. And even though it continues to impress the global business community, it is still a fairly unknown investment destination to global investors. In this piece we take a closer look at […]
Read more »Libya Goes (For) Broke
August 15th, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on Libya’s economic paradox – it’s rich but broke: Libya has been an especially difficult place to live over the past few weeks. With a string of high profile assassinations, a jailbreak, and a series of sometimes thwarted car bomb attacks, there is plenty for Libyans to be exasperated […]
Read more »Somalia Deal Raises Concerns About Oil Risks
August 12th, 2013
Via The Financial Times, a look at Somalia’s fledgling oil industry: The signing of the new Somali government’s first oil contract with an untested company linked to a British peer raises concerns about whether the dash for oil wealth will destabilise the east African country. Last week, Michael Howard, a former leader of Britain’s ruling […]
Read more »Mexico Opens Up Energy Sector
August 12th, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Mexico’s decision to open up its energy sector: President Enrique Peña Nieto has unveiled plans to change Mexico’s constitution and open up the country’s energy sector to foreign investors for the first time in 75 years, a move that could unleash billions of dollars of investment from […]
Read more »Investment Trends Bode Well For Vietnam’s Economic Future
August 12th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a close look at Vietnam: Recent trends in foreign direct investment may be a good sign for Vietnam, which has struggled to attract investors since the global economy slowed down in 2009. In fact, FDI into Vietnam has recovered significantly in 2013, and it has been appropriated to areas that […]
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.