China Is Striking Deals to Cement Its Role as Asia’s Trade Hub
September 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how Beijing’s leaders are working with regional neighbors on the country’s western, northern and southern borders to develop new rail and sea links. China has made several moves in recent months to advance its ambitious aim to become the trade and transportation hub of Asia. To […]
Read more »Fear In The Air? 5 Reasons Now Is The Time To Invest In Bangladesh
September 24th, 2024
Via Forbes, commentary on Bangladesh and why it may now be an opportunity to invest: The concept of value-investing, made popular by Warren Buffett, revolves around buying high-quality businesses at prices below their intrinsic value and holding them for the long term. Value investors ignore media hype and focus on fundamentals and believe that panic in […]
Read more »CAR: A Phantom State In The Heart of Africa
September 24th, 2024
Via The Economist, commentary on the Central African Republic: Whenever I visit a country for the first time, I try to pay a visit to its national museum. It can tell you a lot about the place that set it up. Take the national museum in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), […]
Read more »How Africa Became The World’s Largest Market For Guinness Beer
September 24th, 2024
Alcohol brand Guinness might have its origins in Ireland, but today its biggest market is in Africa. Academic Jordanna Matlon has just released a paper studying how that came to be and, in particular, examined the role of advertising campaigns going back to late colonial times to understand how the brand was focused on shaping […]
Read more »Uncovering Indonesia’s Marine Energy Potential and Its Challenges
September 24th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how Indonesia may be able to capitalize on renewable energy harnessed from oceanic sources, such as tidal streams, waves, and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC): Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic state, with over 17,000 islands and approximately 81,000 kilometers of coastline, has immense potential for marine energy. Marine energy […]
Read more »Western Nations Join Forces To Break China’s Grip On Critical Minerals
September 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on a coalition of 14 governments which announced a financing network for projects to provide raw materials required by tech industry: Western nations are directing their development finance and export credit agencies to work with private industry to support critical minerals projects, in a drive to break China’s […]
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.