Tajikistan: At The Center Of Central Asian Energy
June 13th, 2015
Via The World Folio, an in-depth look at Tajikistan: The commissioning of a $3.2 billion gas pipeline and hydrocarbon exploration activities put Tajikistan at the center of greenfield energy projects in the region Tajikistan is quickly transforming into a hub for international electro-energy, gas transit and transportation projects. This is largely a result to its unique […]
Read more »What Are Frontier Markets?
June 13th, 2015
Via The Wall Street Journal, a definition of “frontier” markets: Most investors know about emerging markets like Mexico or Brazil. Lesser known are the so-called frontier markets such as Argentina, Pakistan, Botswana, Ukraine and Vietnam. As far as economic development, frontier markets are at the bottom of the heap, says Win Thin, global head of emerging markets […]
Read more »Somalia’s Premier Bank To Bring ATMs, Debit Cards To Mogadishu
June 13th, 2015
Via Reuters, an article on Somalia: Somalia’s Premier Bank has struck a deal with Mastercard and will issue debit cards and install ATM machines in the capital of the war-ravaged country, the Islamic lender’s top executive said on Wednesday. The east African nation has struggled for more than two decades with civil war and containing […]
Read more »South Sudan: World’s Newest Country Struggles To Survive
June 13th, 2015
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a sobering report on how rampant inflation, civil war, and food shortages threaten the future of South Sudan: South Sudan is running out of money, which along with a civil war andmass food shortages is putting the world’s youngest country at risk of becoming its youngest failed state. In the past […]
Read more »The Curious Tale Of The World-Beating Somali Shilling
June 13th, 2015
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on the Somali shilling: Here’s a pecuniary peculiarity to rival Bitcoin – the world strongest currency over the past 12 months belongs to a small, war-torn African state without foreign currency reserves or any discernible monetary policy and a central bank of only three years’ standing. Yet […]
Read more »Western Investors Eye Iran’s Tech Sector Ahead Of Final Nuclear Deal
June 13th, 2015
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an interesting look at Iran’s tech sector: In the week following the framework nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, Tehran-based Internet entrepreneur Faty Amir Soleimani pitched every day to Western investors for funding. “We started getting a lot interest from foreigners,” said Ms. Soleimani, who runs an e-commerce […]
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.