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 »A Glimpse Into Indonesia’s Nickel Policy
August 23rd, 2024
Via the Lowy Institute, a look at Indonesia’ nickel industry and China’s involvement therein: Since 2020, Indonesia has tried to transform itself from an exporter of nickel into a key player in the global nickel value chain by banning exports of the raw material in an effort to incentivise nickel customers to invest in “downstream” […]
Read more »How Ethiopia’s currency float and IMF deal are powering economic reform
August 22nd, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on how privatisation, foreign property ownership, and a new stock exchange expected to transform the nation’s economic landscape as the pace of reform in PM Ahmed Abiy’s government regains momentum. Ethiopia is gearing up to relaunch its economic reform agenda after floating its currency and securing a $3.4bn IMF […]
Read more »Laos Special Economic Zone Was Supposed to Be an Economic Hub. It Became a Criminal’s Paradise
August 22nd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a podcast on how the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos became a notorious hub for drugs, scammers and human traffickers: Oanh Ha: On the banks of the Mekong River in Laos — there’s a startling sight — after traveling through small plantations of coffee and bananas — a winding road descends […]
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.