Invasion, Insurgency …Investment? Iraq Looks Beyond its Troubled Past
March 12th, 2013
Via Emerging Markets blog, a report on Iraq: For most people, chances are that the mention of Iraq conjures up images of suicide bombs, sectarian strife, and widespread destruction. In the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion and Saddam Hussein’s deposition, a power vacuum and simmering Sunni-Shia tensions led to a bloody civil war that […]
Read more »Africa: A Tsunami Of Liquidity Set To Wash Up On Its Shores?
March 12th, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting commentary on Africa: It was Vinod Khosla, who bagged a billion at Sun MicroSystems in Silicon Valley, who said, ‘The future is not seen in the rear view mirror.’ I started my journey from Mombasa, spent half my life in the City of London running interest rate trading […]
Read more »Pakistan Makes Two Bold Decisions
March 12th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting OpEd on two strategic decisions recently taken by Pakistan: Aerial view of Gwadar Port, Pakistan Pakistan has recently made two very bold, but strategic decisions, which have drawn the concern of regional and global superpowers. These decisions are: 1) transferring management of the Gwadar port located in Balochistan to China […]
Read more »How Afghanistan Is On The Leading Edge Of A Tech Revolution
March 3rd, 2013
Via Time Magazine, an article on Afghanistan’s mobile money initiative: In the eyes of the rest of the world, war-torn Afghanistan is a place with a beaten-down infrastructure, the minimum of modern amenities and certainly none of the services made possible by the latest technological advances powering the Internet, financial services and telecommunications. Surprisingly, however, […]
Read more »Importing Americana To The Mideast
March 2nd, 2013
Via Fortune Magazine, an interesting report on how M.H. Alshaya is transforming mall culture in the Gulf region with lattes, milk shakes, and cheesecakes: A Pinkberry yogurt shop at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai David Overton makes a point of trying to get to every one of his restaurant openings. In the 35 […]
Read more »Mexico: Back In The Game
February 26th, 2013
Via The New York Times, an op-ed on Mexico’s re-emergence as global economic power: IN India, people ask you about China, and, in China, people ask you about India: Which country will become the more dominant economic power in the 21st century? I now have the answer: Mexico. Impossible, you say? Well, yes, Mexico with […]
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.