The Buy-Now / Pay-Later Company Behind the EV Explosion in Kenya
July 26th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at how – in just two years – M-Kopa has become the biggest financier for EVs in East Africa’s largest market: Two out of every three electric bikes running on Kenyan roads have been financed by M-Kopa. While M-Kopa has helped grow the industry, there are increasing concerns that […]
Read more »Indonesia Moves to Reduce Chinese Ownership of Nickel Projects
July 26th, 2024
Courtesy of Financial Times, an article on Indonesian efforts to reduce Chinese ownership of its nickel projects: Indonesia is trying to reduce Chinese investment in new nickel mining and processing projects to help its industry qualify for tax breaks in the US, as the Biden administration seeks to curb Beijing’s influence in the electric vehicle […]
Read more »Can Armenia Extend Its Current Economic Boom?
July 26th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the Armenian economy which has performed surprisingly well in recent years: The Armenian economy has performed surprisingly well in recent years. However, most experts remain skeptical, viewing this high growth as an unsustainable result of short-term external factors. In contrast to this skeptical view, we argue in this paper […]
Read more »Syria’s Zombie Economy Fueled By Drugs
July 25th, 2024
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on how war and sanctions crushed Syria so it built a zombie economy fueled by drugs: On clear days, the Syrian villages along the border here look deceptively empty. The Jordanian soldiers peering north across no man’s land see only dusty ghost towns where nothing moves except feral dogs […]
Read more »How Apple’s India Gamble Paid Off
July 25th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at how India’s growing middle class is fueling a billion-dollar sales surge for Apple: It’s been just over a year since Apple opened its first flagship stores in India — first in Mumbai, and then a smaller store in Delhi. After years of watching Android dominate the world’s most populous country, […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan on Its Way to Electric Vehicles: Risks and Challenges
July 25th, 2024
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a report on the potential for Kyrgyzstan to develop its EV market: In 2021, Kyrgyzstan, as part of the Paris Agreement, submitted an updated nationally determined contribution – NDC. According to the plan, the country committed itself to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by 16.63 per cent […]
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.