Afghanistan: Critically Important Trade Route For Kazakhstan
January 23rd, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on Afghanistan’s market and its position as a trade route that can connect Central Asia to South Asian ports are critically important to Kazakhstan: As the global community experiences a turbulent and unpredictable period, Kazakhstan, alongside other countries, faces a range of challenges and risks. A timely reorientation and adjustment […]
Read more »Annual FDI Standouts 2024 Watchlist: Namibia, Cambodia, Philippines, Iraq, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Serbia
January 23rd, 2024
A look at the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) momentum leaders in 2024, courtesy of fDiInsights Annual FDI Standouts Watchlist. What does this mean for the everyday countries such as Cambodia, Philippines, Namibia, or Iraq? FDI or Foreign Direct Investment, is a critical economic indicator measuring international investment inflow. For #Namibia, for example, ranking 5th implies […]
Read more »North Korea’s Model Chicken Farm Opens With Plans for More
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of 38 North, a look at North Korea’s new model chicken farm: The Kwangchon Chicken Farm is finally up and running, according to North Korean state media. The project is said to have been “personally initiated” by Kim Jong Un and is being held up as a new model for the country’s poultry production […]
Read more »China Targets Increased Trade with Namibia Beyond US$1B
January 23rd, 2024
Via The Brief, a report that China is targeting increased trade with Namibia: China says it is committed to increasing trade with Namibia beyond the US$1 billion (N$18 billion) attained last year, through enhanced collaborations in agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and mining. Official statistics show that from January to September 2023, China-Namibia bilateral trade volume reached […]
Read more »Solomons Shows It’s Not Easy for China, U.S. to Woo Some Small Nations
January 23rd, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how China and the U.S. are subject to political vagaries in the Solomon Islands: Chinatown in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, still bears scars two years after demonstrators demanding that the pro-China government step down in November 2021 turned riotous. But perhaps ironically, China’s involvement in the […]
Read more »An App Company in Kazakhstan Just Had the Biggest IPO Since Birkenstock in October
January 23rd, 2024
Via Quartz, an article on Kaspi.kz, maker of a super app, which recently raised approximately $1 billion in its stock offering: Kaspi.kz, a mobile app company, launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq stock exchange Friday, raising about $1 billion. On its first trading day, shares of Kaspi.kz debuted 0.5% above its offer […]
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.