The Foreign Powers Competing To Win Influence In Africa
August 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the foreign powers competing to win influence in Africa: Many of Africa’s leaders will descend on Beijing next month for the latest three-yearly summit with China. For leaders from the continent, these collective jamborees have become a familiar part of global summitry — and not just with […]
Read more »Myanmar’s Yoma Expands Noodle Shops To Thailand
August 24th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on one Myanmar conglomerate’s efforts to distance itself from the military government there: Myanmar’s Yoma Group is bringing a local chain of noodle shops to Thailand this year, growing the conglomerate’s restaurant business even amid political turmoil in its home market. Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings, the operator of KFC chicken restaurants […]
Read more »China’s Belt And Road Initiative: A Critical Analysis
August 24th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on China BRI: China’s Silk Road OBOR (One Road One Belt) project The Asia Pacific region appears to be enthralled by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which is basically aimed at developing infrastructure in the participating countries. According to Eric Brown, Research analyst of the Geopolitical Economic Risk, Belt and […]
Read more »Africa To Have Six Cities With Over 10 Million Inhabitants by 2035
August 24th, 2024
Via North Africa Post, a report on the continent’s rapidly growing population: Amid a rapid population growth, Africa will count six cities with over 10 million people by 2035, the Economist Intelligence Unit said. With the continent’s population boom, Angola’s capital, Luanda, and Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, will join the metropolises of Cairo, […]
Read more »Nepal Asks China to Wipe Away a Loan It Can’t Afford to Pay Back
August 23rd, 2024
Via New York Times, an article on how a new government in Nepal has formally asked for relief from a $216 million debt it incurred for construction of an airport in Pokhara that has been beset by problems: When Nepal’s new international airport opened last year in one of the country’s biggest cities, it was […]
Read more »India’s ‘Cement War’
August 23rd, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on India’s ongoing ‘cement war’ between billionaires Adani and Birla: Two of India’s richest men are locked in a battle for cement supremacy as they snap up rivals to corner a soaring market fueled by a homegrown infrastructure boom. The latest chapter in what is being dubbed as a clash […]
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.