Investment Case For Africa
January 15th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, some interesting analyst commentary on the investment case for Africa: Anthony, you’ve highlighted the investment case for Africa for several years. Why are you so excited about the opportunities there? Anthony Eaton: The average age in Africa is about 20. In Asia it’s about 30. In contrast, in […]
Read more »Kenyan Oil: Hot And Getting Hotter?
January 15th, 2013
Via OilPrice.com, a look at why Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April and if the country will be able to quickly – and economically – develop those discoveries into production: Oilprice.com: There were some major discoveries in […]
Read more »Ethiopia: Getting In On The Ground Floor
January 15th, 2013
Via Emerging Markets Insights, a report on Ethiopia: From Addis Ababa to Mekele, my latest trip to Ethiopia provided insights for the improving investment climate, in particular for consumer goods companies. Despite the absence of international food chains, American and European personal care and household products fill the shelves of small stores in the capital […]
Read more »China’s “String Of Pearls” Strategy: Secure The Ports Of South Asia
January 15th, 2013
Via WorldCrunch, a look on China’s “String of Pearls” strategy to secure the ports of south Asia: In the port of Chittagong, containers pile up like colorful cubes of sugar. Dozens of ships scurry down the estuary of the Karnaphuli, the river that winds around the economic capital of Bangladeshto finally stream down into the […]
Read more »Africa’s Rise Is Real
January 11th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, a look at why Africa’s growth skeptics have got it wrong. The continent’s rise is very real: The counter-attack, when it came, failed to live up to our expectations. As the authors of a book that challenges so much of what passes for conventional wisdom about Africa in financial, academic, and NGO […]
Read more »Bypassing Pakistan’s Woes, Karachi’s Bourse Booms
January 11th, 2013
Via Emerging Frontiers blog, a look at Pakistan: When Pakistan receives international media coverage, it is usually not pretty. The world’s sixth most populous country has remained in the headlines due to its shaky security situation, including bomb attacks and an ongoing Taliban insurgency near the border with Afghanistan. This year’s upcoming elections will cast […]
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.