Iran: Fourth In Crude Oil Reserves, Second In Natural Gas
July 24th, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed look at Iran’s energy profile: Iran holds some of the world’s largest deposits of proved oil and natural gas reserves, ranking as the world’s fourth-and second-largest reserve holder of oil and natural gas, respectively. Iran also ranks among the world’s top 10 oil producers and top 5 natural gas producers. […]
Read more »Ethiopia Becomes China’s China In Global Search For Cheap Labour
July 23rd, 2014
Via the Business of Fashion, a look at how China is now sourcing some of its work in Ethiopia: Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of Huajian Shoes’ factory outside Addis Ababa last month chose the wrong day to leave their shirts untucked. Company President Zhang Huarong, just arrived on a visit from China, […]
Read more »Frontier Markets = Biggest Terrorist Risk Spots In The World?
July 23rd, 2014
Via Business Insider, a report on the biggest terrorist risk spots in the world, some of which correlate with some of the more popular frontier markets: Leading global risk analytics firm Maplecroft has released its latest Terrorism and Security Dashboard. The dashboard tracked terrorist attacks over the 12-month period prior to July 1, and the results […]
Read more »Ascendant East Africa
July 23rd, 2014
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at East Africa: The Greater Indian Ocean is the maritime organizing principle of geopolitics, uniting the entire arc of Islam (including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf), East Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. But while economic dynamism has focused more on the Indian subcontinent and […]
Read more »Myanmar: Economic Miracle Or Myth?
July 23rd, 2014
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a look at Myanmar’s economic growth: Following his “flipping the switch” on political reform, Thein Sein, Myanmar’s president, has embraced the international donor community – of bilateral and multilateral agencies led by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the IMF – in an agenda of good governance and […]
Read more »Mexico: Coca-Cola’s Billion-Dollar-A-Year Fizz
July 17th, 2014
Via the Financial Times, an article on Coca Cola’s plans for the Mexican market: Investment in Mexico: it’s the real thing. Coca-Cola’s announcement that it will pour $1bn into the country every year until 2020 is just the latest in a string of recent big-ticket spends in a country where manufacturing is leading the country […]
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.