Investing In African Pop Culture
April 8th, 2024
Via Semafor, commentary on the growing investment interest in African pop culture: There has long been lip service paid to the idea that African countries have a rich and vibrant culture which has influenced many aspects of modern popular culture, particularly in the United States. But we have only recently started to see major players […]
Read more »Morocco’s Tanger Med Breaks Into Top 20 Ports
April 8th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the growth of Morocco’s Tanger Med container port in Ksar Sghir near the coastal city of Tangier: The largest port in the Mediterranean continues to capitalise on its position as the gateway to Africa, and is surging ahead of major global competitors such as Hamburg. As the […]
Read more »Gulf Arab States Test Waters With Iraq Investment
April 8th, 2024
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on growing Gulf investment interest in Iraq: Gulf Arab states pledge more investment in Iraq Ties growing after decades of strained relations Iraqi economy improving, helped by relative stability Questions remain over Iran’s influence In Baghdad’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified legacy from Iraq’s war-torn years, the glitzy Qatar-financed Rixos […]
Read more »AD Ports Partners with Iraq on Al-Faw Grand Port Development
April 7th, 2024
Via World Cargo News, a report on AD Ports Group joining forces with Iraq’s General Company for Ports to develop Al-Faw Grand Port, poised to offer a strategic alternative to the Suez Canal: Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports Group has signed a preliminary agreement with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) to establish a joint […]
Read more »Invest in K-pop, Goldman says
April 7th, 2024
While South Korea has long shed the title of developing market, an interesting article from Semafor on Goldman Sachs’ views that its stock market is currently undervaluing K-pop: Korean pop music is ubiquitous: Six of the world’s top 20 best-selling artists in 2023, and all three of the best-selling albums, were South Korean, an industry […]
Read more »Turning Camels into Cows: Middle East Megafarms Set Up To Produce Camel Milk on Industrial Scale
April 7th, 2024
Via The Conversation, a report on efforts to set up megafarms in the Middle East to produce camel milk: The camel may be the next cow. An animal that once grazed and browsed over huge distances is increasingly being enclosed in vast Middle Eastern dairy farms, where thousands of camels are milked by machine. This […]
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.