A New Scramble For Africa… Via Infrastructure
October 23rd, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of how improved transport links reveal a renewed economic scramble for the African interior: There is a new scramble for Africa. Roads, railways and pipelines are being built or envisioned into the interior of central Africa from multiple directions. Africa’s geographic tragedy through the ages has been […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Untold Economic Success Story
October 23rd, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, some commentary on Afghanistan: Managing Afghanistan’s nascent industrial base will be critical as the nation attempts to build a modern economy that is increasingly less dependent on foreign aid. Today, there is great room for optimism as Afghanistan moves toward the post-transition period. Despite having a GDP that was made up […]
Read more »Colombia’s Economy Remains Resilient
October 23rd, 2013
Via Emerging Market Insights, a look at Colombia: Multinationals have for years considered Colombia one of the safest long-term bets in Latin America, but over the last several months a more negative picture of the country has emerged. Colombia, much like other emerging market countries, has faced weakening external demand and currency volatility in recent quarters. […]
Read more »Making A Splash: Water Parks In Frontier Markets
October 19th, 2013
Water parks aplenty in frontier markets. Who says emerging markets can’t have any fun… First, via Reuters, a report on a new water park in Kabul: After the armed guards and body search at the door, it is almost easy to forget the fun is happening in ultra-conservative Afghanistan, except that all of the people […]
Read more »Sudan’s New Gold Rush
October 16th, 2013
Via Future Directions, a look at how – in an attempt to bolster the struggling economy – the Sudanese government has made gold the new oil, creating a gold rush that has fueled violence once more in Darfur: The decade-old sectarian and political conflict in Darfur has transformed into a fight for goldas rival clans […]
Read more »Kashgar: On The Move
October 14th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at Kashgar: China’s westernmost city, Kashgar lies at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, closer to Bagdad than Beijing. For travellers and traders coming from Central Asia and Pakistan, the city offers a first glimpse of China. Yet, in most cases, Kashgar strikes them for its similarities to the […]
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.