Your Next Big Vacation: Somaliland
August 5th, 2017
Via Ozy, an interesting look at Somaliland: When Jama Muse first heard about the prehistoric cave paintings at Laas Geel some 20 or 30 years ago, he didn’t think anything of it. Old rock art is cool, of course, but nothing to get out of bed for. Then a group of French archaeologists trucked in, […]
Read more »Can Uganda Handle New Economic Challenges?
August 4th, 2017
Via EconoMonitor, an article on Uganda’s challenges ahead: Back in the 1970s, Uganda was one of the worst run economies in the world. Uganda suffered through a lost decade when Idi Amin was in power in the 1970s. Thankfully, Uganda’s economic performance dramatically improved when a President Yoweri Museveni new government armed with serious economic […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Silk Road Rivalries
August 2nd, 2017
Via International Crisis Group, an interesting report analyzing how the Chinese NSR and the Russian Economic Union are impacting the Central Asian geopolitical and geo-economic landscape not only in the context of rivalry between China and Russia in the region but also rivalry among Central Asian countries: Executive Summary Two new regional initiatives potentially could transform […]
Read more »Is It Time To Invest In Iran?
July 31st, 2017
Via Investment Frontier, a look at Iran: Hypothetical situation: You are considering investing in a large country with 80 million people and a relatively prosperous GDP per capita of almost $20,000. It had democratic elections this year where the reformists won again on a mandate to increase trade with the rest of the world in […]
Read more »OBOR: Opportunties For Multinational Companies
July 28th, 2017
Via EMIA, an interesting look at the potential challenges facing Multinational companies are looking to make the most out of the OBOR project: One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative, also known as Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is part of China’s development strategy to improve its trade relations with countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle […]
Read more »Energy Agenda of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
July 26th, 2017
Via BusinessWorld Online, interesting commentary on the energy agenda of China’s Belt and Road initiative In a presentation during the Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, Inc. (APPFI) round table discussion on China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) last July 11 at Astoria Plaza, Ortigas, APPFI president Dr. Aileen Baviera said that BRI is China’s […]
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.