China’s BRI: Redrawing Map of Investment As Well As Science
May 11th, 2019
Via Nature, an interesting look at how China’s Belt and Road Initiative will transform the lives and work of tens of thousands of researchers On a freezing November morning, Ashraf Islam is 3,000 kilometres from his family in balmy Bangladesh, but the weather is far from his mind as he gushes about the science opportunities he […]
Read more »Mogadishu’s Motorcycle Hailing App
May 3rd, 2019
Via Quartz, an interesting look at a new motorcycle hailing app in Mogadishu: You can now hail a motorcycle service in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The Go! app launched in the Indian Ocean city today (May 1) promising affordable and convenient options in the city’s bustling transport sector. The e-hailing service is starting out with 20 motorcycles, […]
Read more »Indonesia: A Mega Economy of Tomorrow
April 29th, 2019
Via Eurasia Review, a report on Indonesia: The World Bank analytically divides the world’s economies into four income groups: high, upper-middle, lower-middle and low. Countries that are categorized as upper-middle income are the ones with income per capita ranging from US$3,896 to $12,055. With income per capita at $3,846 as of 2017, Indonesia is moving […]
Read more »China’s Belt & Road: Cinching Tight Around India?
April 25th, 2019
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), detailed commentary on China’s BRI impact on India: Highlights China will continue to expand its Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia because the peripheral nations of the subcontinent feel a need to counterbalance India’s influence as they seek funding for development. India’s opposition to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will […]
Read more »China: Digging Deep in Landlocked Laos
April 25th, 2019
Via The Diplomat, a look at China’s growing strategic presence in Laos: Laos, a country of 6.8 million people roughly the size of China’s southern autonomous region of Guangxi, is often overlooked in China’s outreach to Southeast Asia. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the upgrading of Chinese-Lao relations to a comprehensive strategic cooperative […]
Read more »Afghanistan: Prospects and Challenges to Regional Connectivity
April 19th, 2019
Via The Diplomat, a look at Afghanistan’s regional connectivity ambitions: Afghanistan’s strategic location has for a long time been touted as a competitive advantage for the country. The National Unity Government (NUG) has emphasized that Afghanistan’s economy will be transformed and economic growth achieved if the country can utilize this advantage and turn itself into […]
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.