Mexico’s New Miltary Run Commercial Airline Will Start Flying With Miltary Planes After Lease Falls Through
December 7th, 2023
Via Paddle Your Own Canoe, a report that Mexico’s new miltary-run commercial airline will start flying with miltary planes after lease deal falls through: The Mexican government’s plan to revive the defunct Mexicana airline brand has run into a snag after a lease deal for up to 10 Boeing 737 jets fell through at the last […]
Read more »Petrobras Looks to China for Green Partners – and More Oil
December 7th, 2023
Via Dialogo Chino, a report on Petrobras, Brazil’s state oil firm, which has signed deals with Chinese companies on clean energy and oil exploration: As the COP28 climate conference opens in Dubai next week, Brazil will be presenting a contradiction to the world: while promising to accelerate its energy transition, the country continues to invest massively in oil. One […]
Read more »Forget Netflix and Disney: A Local Streaming Service is King in Indonesia
December 7th, 2023
Via Rest of World, a look at how Indonesia’s Vidio cracked the code for what the masses actually watch, drawing tens of millions with teen fiction adaptations and premium sports. In late October, football fans across Indonesia roared from their living rooms as rivals Chelsea and Manchester United clashed in the English Premier League. They […]
Read more »Making Africa the Animation Capital of the World:
December 6th, 2023
Via Next Billion, a look at Africa’s growing animation industry: Africa has an incredibly rich history in storytelling. In fact, the beginning of imaginative expression has been said to originate in Africa. Not only that, but storytelling has long been the basis of knowledge-sharing and learning on the continent, as stories were used to teach values […]
Read more »China-Latin America Ties Deepen Amid Boom in Cross-Border Auto Trade, E-Commerce
December 6th, 2023
Via Caixin Global, a look at deepening China-Latin America ties: Twenty-five kilometers north of Monterrey, Mexico, is a cluster of Chinese-owned factories producing everything from auto parts and mechanical equipment to electronics and furniture. The site, Hofusan Industrial Park, has seen some 30 Chinese firms set up shop in the past four years. But Hofusan […]
Read more »Brazil’s EV Market Shifts Up A Gear As Chinese Firms Set Up Shop
December 5th, 2023
Via Dialogo Chino, an article on the billions in foreign investment which is boosting a growing electric vehicle market in Brazil, one of Latin America’s main car-making hubs: Record sales of electric and hybrid vehicles, and a wave of billion-dollar Chinese investments could mark a turning point in Brazil’s automotive industry, and influence its South […]
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.