Irancell Still Not Ready to Go Public
May 13th, 2017
Via Techrasa, a report on Irancell: According to an order by Iran’s Ministry of ICT in 2006, Irancell had to go public with 21% of its total shares. Yet, years after the first announcement the IPO has not taken place. MTN Irancell is a fast growing Telecommunications Service Company providing 2G-3G-4G-4.5G mobile broadband, WiMAX and TD-LTE […]
Read more »Trade Fairs In Turkmenistan
May 13th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at psychology of dictatorships, in this case, Turkmenistan: On May 2, during an international trade fair held in Ashgabat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stood up and declared that expanding the private sector was a major priority for his government. It’s an understandable aim, given that Turkmenistan’s economy has been badly affected […]
Read more »How Venezuela Ruined Its Oil Industry
May 9th, 2017
Via Forbes, a look at how Venezuela ruined its oil industry: Venezuela is a country in crisis. Protesters that are opposed to the socialist government are being killed, and Venezuelan citizens are starving to death. A humanitarian disaster is unfolding that has been in the making for years. But how can it be that the […]
Read more »Politics Chill Iran’s Attempts To Attract Foreign Capital
May 9th, 2017
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the impact of global politics on Iran’s ability to source international capital: When Iran last year cemented a landmark nuclear agreement with six world powers to remove many of the sanctions against it, Hassan Rouhani, the country’s reformist president, said it would aim to attract at least […]
Read more »Kazakhstan: Second-Largest Oil Reserves Among Former Soviet Republics
May 6th, 2017
Via Eurasia Review, a summary of Kazakhstan’s energy sources / uses: Kazakhstan is a major oil producer. The country’s estimated total petroleum and other liquids production was 1.70 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2014. The key to its continued growth in liquids production from this level will be the development of its giant Tengiz, […]
Read more »Trilateral Cooperation Between Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan On The Belt and Road
May 4th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how trilateral cooperation between Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan on the Belt and Road would benefit all three states: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is expected to be a “game-changer” in South Asia. Part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative (BRI), CPEC is a $54 billion infrastructure development project that […]
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