Vietnam’s Economic Moment Has Arrived
July 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on the need for Vietnam to reinvest its manufacturing-led growth dividend to support the development of more productive, knowledge-rich sectors, to meet its 2045 goal: After decades of showing promise, Vietnam’s economic moment may have finally arrived. It was the fastest-growing economy in Asia last year (8 per cent […]
Read more »Mexico’s Growing eCommerce Infrastructure Is Built On Top of Its Smallest Shops
July 9th, 2023
Courtesy of Rest of World, an interesting look at how, while Amazon and MercadoLibre get all the credit, it’s really a patchwork of mom-and-pop shops that keep Mexico’s e-commerce running: Online sales in Mexico grew by 80% in 2020, and they’ve since kept growing by over 20% every year. Amid this trend, neighborhood corner shops, […]
Read more »Wagner’s Mercenary gold rush in Mali
July 8th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Wagner’s mercenary gold rush in Mali Since its arrival in Bamako at the end of 2021, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s group Wagner has been eyeing Mali’s considerable gold resources. Recovery of mining permits, creation of local companies, artisanal gold panning, trafficking via Dubai; all avenues are being explored to […]
Read more »First Qashqari Oil Extraction Starts In Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul Province
July 8th, 2023
Via Afghanistan’s ATN News, a report and video of the first Qashqari oil extraction starts in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says a test extraction from the first Qashqari oil well has kicked off in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province. In a trip to the province on Saturday, Minister of Mines and […]
Read more »Unveiling the Economic Rise of Bangladesh: A Beacon of Hope in South Asia
July 8th, 2023
Via The Geopolitics, a look at the economic rise of Bangladesh: The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and Study Circle London jointly organized the conference “EU-Bangladesh Cooperation: Opportunities and the Bengal Tiger Economy” at EIAS in Brussels, Belgium on July 5. The conference was chaired by Lin Goethals, EIAS Director and brought together a […]
Read more »How Mobile Money Is Bringing Electricity to the World’s Poorest
July 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how startup Altech has expanded sixfold in two years with pay-as-you-go solar installations in the Congo: As a teenager, Washikala Malango’s family fled a brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, walking for hundreds of miles and crossing Africa’s second-biggest lake in a creaky wooden boat before […]
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.