China: Creating A National Consumer Base
February 6th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), some analysis of China’s efforts to create a national consumer base: One issue will be particularly important in shaping the Chinese government’s approach to social and economic development over the coming decade: transforming China’s nearly 800 million workers (including some 250 million migrant laborers) into consumers. For a system that […]
Read more »Sub-Saharan Telecoms: Getting Connected
February 1st, 2013
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on sub-Saharan telecoms: The growth in sub-Saharan Africa’s telecoms industry has created global stars in the likes of M-Pesa and MTN, but its continued success rests upon having the right infrastructure to back them up. So the acquisition of Altech Group’s east African telecoms assets by Liquid Telecom […]
Read more »Pipeline Marks Scramble For Myanmar
February 1st, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the interests of east and west in Myanmar: In May, something curious will happen to the geography of China. The continental-sized country, whose supercharged development has been concentrated in cities on its eastern coast, will gain something it has never had: a western seaboard. An 800km gas […]
Read more »Which African Cities Will See The Most Growth Over The Next Five Years?
February 1st, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, a look at Africa’s urban growth: Companies looking to expand into Africa should seriously consider setting up shop in Accra, Lusaka and Luanda. This is if the recently released MasterCard African Cities Growth Index is to be believed. The index, produced on behalf of MasterCard by Prof. George […]
Read more »Premium Noodle Makers – How To Keep More Profits At Home
January 31st, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting look at how emerging market consumers may think of brands as their wealth grows: As China, India and Indonesia become more wealthy, more of their consumers hard-earned cash could find its way overseas. This is not about the most wealthy fleeing their homelands or investing their money abroad […]
Read more »Opening A New Frontier In Bangladesh
January 31st, 2013
Courtesy of Finance Asia, an article on Bangladesh: Bangladesh usually attracts attention for the wrong reasons. Too often the country appears in news headlines for its natural or man-made disasters, or else it is dismissed as a source of employment for NGOs or cheap labour for the garment industry. Yet, as long ago as 2005, […]
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.