Top Emerging Markets for Investment in 2024
April 6th, 2024
Via Visual Capitalist, an interesting graphical look at the top emerging markets in 2024: Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to the investment made by individuals, companies, or entities from one country into businesses, assets, or ventures located in another country. FDI plays a pivotal role in global economic development, as it facilitates capital flows, fosters […]
Read more »The ‘Conflict Economy’ of Sesame in Ethiopia and Sudan
April 5th, 2024
Via Chatham House, a new report on how the sesame sector has become entangled in local and transnational conflict, and how policymakers need to respond: The sesame trade is no longer just a mainstay of local livelihoods in Ethiopia and Sudan. Amid civil war and territorial rivalry on both sides of the border, it now […]
Read more »China’s Shrinking BRI Ambitions
April 5th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Futures, a report on how corruption, delays and boondoggles are transforming the Belt and Road Initiative: Last week, the head of China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection laid out the watchdog’s main goals for this year. His report focused on eliminating corruption and unhealthy practices associated with Beijing’s gargantuan, globe-spanning infrastructure development plan, […]
Read more »The Scramble For Influence In Africa
April 5th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, an interview examining the logic behind backing the coups is quite evident and relates to the strategy of Russia to fight against the West and to (re)entrench itself in Africa: In this insightful interview, Professor Sergiu Mi?coiu at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), where he serves as […]
Read more »BlackRock Says World-Beating Kenyan Stocks Still Offer Value
April 5th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Kenya’s stockmarket: Economic policy is providing foundation for stock rally All-share index has rallied 48% in dollar terms this year BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest asset manager, sees an opportunity to invest in Kenyan stocks, which have gone from the world’s worst performers in 2023 to the best this year. […]
Read more »Fast Fashion Goes To Die In Chile’s Fog Desert
April 4th, 2024
Courtesy of National Geographic, a sobering look at how clothing from many of the world’s favorite brands lies in discarded heaps in Chile’s Atacama Desert: The Atacama Desert in northern Chile stretches from the Pacific to the Andes across a barren expanse of red-orange rock canyons and peaks. As one of the driest deserts on Earth, it’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.