An App Company in Kazakhstan Just Had the Biggest IPO Since Birkenstock in October
January 23rd, 2024
Via Quartz, an article on Kaspi.kz, maker of a super app, which recently raised approximately $1 billion in its stock offering: Kaspi.kz, a mobile app company, launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq stock exchange Friday, raising about $1 billion. On its first trading day, shares of Kaspi.kz debuted 0.5% above its offer […]
Read more »Côte d’Ivoire Seeks to Strengthen Economic Ties with China
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Côte d’Ivoire desire for more investment from China: On a visit to Abidjan, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi expressed his desire to ‘deepen’ bilateral cooperation, a sentiment echoed by President Alassane Ouattara. It was the last stop on an African tour that has taken him to Egypt, […]
Read more »China Shifts Latin America Investment to Compete with West
January 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how China has been shifting its Latin America investment away from costly infrastructure to focus on technology, renewables and critical minerals to compete with the West: China has shifted its investments in Latin America towards strategic sectors such as critical minerals, technology and renewable energy as it challenges […]
Read more »Bangladesh: Blue Economy Potential
January 22nd, 2024
Via The Daily Star, commentary on Bangladesh’s blue economy potential: In 2012, Bangladesh and Myanmar resolved their maritime boundary disputes at an international tribunal. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea awarded Bangladesh a 12-mile territorial sea around St Martin’s Island, overruling Myanmar’s argument that it should be divided in half. On the […]
Read more »Congo and China Talking $7 Billion in Finance
January 22nd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on discussions between DRC and China: Money part of renegotiated minerals-for-infrastructure deal Tshisekedi spoke in inaugural address in capital, Kinshasa China and Democratic Republic of Congo are discussing $7 billion in financing as part of a renegotiated minerals-for-infrastructure deal, President Felix Tshisekedi said Saturday at his second inaugural address in the capital, Kinshasa. […]
Read more »Coca-Cola Will Invest $1 Billion Annually In India To “Seize the Moment”
January 22nd, 2024
Via Quartz, an article on Coca-Cola’s investment plans in India: “India has already seized the moment,” Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s minister of petroleum and natural Gas and minister of housing and urban affairs, declared during a World Economic Forum (WEF) panel Thursday. Coca-Cola James Quincey concurred. “The Indian government has seized the moment,” Quincey said on a […]
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.