Can India’s Economy Thrive Without China’s Help?
August 6th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how India’s restrictions on technology and people from its rival risk stifling its ambitions to become a manufacturing superpower: At a testing facility near the town of Cheyyar in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, a new generation of Mahindra Group vehicles are being put through their paces. […]
Read more »Power To The People: The Philippines Plans To Achieve 100% Electrification By 2028
August 6th, 2024
Via Asian Power, a report on the Philippines’ plan to bring power to the more than 2 million households still live without electricity: THE Philippines has so far achieved 93.12% electrification as of the first quarter of 2024. By the end of the year, the country aims to increase this to 94.83%, and achieve full […]
Read more »Seeds of Success: Rise of Peru’s Billion-Dollar Blueberry Sector
August 6th, 2024
Via Latinometrics, a look at Peru’s blueberry sector: Carlos Gereda was the spark that lit Peru’s blueberry boom of the past decade. He asked a simple question: “Can blueberries grow in Peru?” In 2006, he brought 14 varieties from Chile to see which ones adapted well to the Peruvian climate. He may have taken inspiration […]
Read more »Island Nations Top Egypt as Best African Investment Destinations
August 6th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how Seychelles and Mauritius top a recent ranking of African investment destinations: South Africa’s ranking slips on slow growth, high unemployment Zimbabwe ranked least favored out of 31 nations listed by RMB Seychelles and Mauritius topped a ranking of African investment destinations, as the attractiveness of South Africa deteriorated because […]
Read more »Azerbaijan: The Petrostate Hosting This Year’s Global Climate Negotiations
August 5th, 2024
Via The New York Times, a look at Azerbaijan where the causes and effects of climate change are on vivid display and the painful trade-offs needed to fight it are acutely felt: In a few short months, diplomats from nearly all the world’s countries will descend on Azerbaijan, a small petrostate on the Caspian Sea, […]
Read more »Tunisia’s Green Hydrogen Pipe Dream?
August 4th, 2024
Via Africa Is A Country, commentary on how a proposed green hydrogen project in Tunisia prioritizes European energy needs over local sovereignty: In recent months, discussions about green hydrogen in Tunisia have dominated the media, particularly concerning the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on May 28, 2024, between TotalEnergies (a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company), […]
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.