Indonesia Wants To Be A Manufacturing Super Power
August 24th, 2022
Via Clean Technica, a report on Indonesia’s ambitions to be more than a supplier of raw materials to the world – it wants the world to build products within its borders: The United States is desperate to move the supply chain for electric vehicles — especially battery materials — back onshore after 50 years of offshoring […]
Read more »LatAm’s Biggest Start Ups
August 24th, 2022
Courtesy of Latinometrics, an updated look at Latin America’s biggest start ups: LatAm’s Biggest Startups One of our first charts was about Latin America’s unicorns (startups worth $1B+). In November of last year, we reported 21 of them. Today, about ten months later, there are 32. By far the most significant increase happened in Mexico, where unicorns […]
Read more »Qatar Wealth Fund Considers $3B Pakistan Investment
August 24th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report that the Qatar Wealth Fund is considering $3B Pakistan investment, mostly in airports and hospitality: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to invest $3 billion in key sectors of Pakistan’s economy as the gas-rich Gulf state extends its support to the cash-strapped South Asian nation. The $445 billion Qatar Investment Authority is evaluating strategic investments in […]
Read more »China Cements Influence In Iraq Through Oil, Infrastructure Deals
August 23rd, 2022
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a look at China’s growing influence in Iraq: China has gained a major foothold in oil-rich Iraq, shaking up Western domination in fields from energy to construction, even as some warn that infrastructure projects could leave Baghdad in debt. After decades of conflict, Iraq is “badly in need of foreign […]
Read more »Iran: Even A Revived Nuclear Deal Would Unlikely Offer Widespread Economic Relief
August 23rd, 2022
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of how Iran’s weak economy will continue to deter foreign investment, even in the unlikely event the JCPOA is restored: An agreement to restore the 2015 U.S.-Iran nuclear deal is unlikely as imminent as EU diplomats have suggested due to Iran’s continued demands for sweeping U.S. assurances. But even if […]
Read more »Laos Economic Crisis Intensifies Amid Massive Chinese Debt
August 23rd, 2022
Via Deutsche Welle, a report on Laos which is facing one of its worst economic crises in decades, with the country experiencing galloping inflation and staring at a debt default: Laos’ economy has been on the brink of collapse due to a spiraling debt crisis that is crippling the country’s finances and bringing it perilously […]
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.