Fear of A Chocolate Meltdown
April 3rd, 2024
Via The Guardian, a look at how poor harvests in extreme weather conditions have led to a tripling of cocoa prices – but farmers have seen no benefit: Around the world this holiday weekend, people will consume hundreds of millions of Easter eggs and bunnies, as part of an annual chocolate intake that can exceed […]
Read more »Why Cost of Chocolate Will Keep Rising
March 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how speculation, climate change and under-investment are combining to push up the price of the confection: With Easter less than a month away, sweet-toothed consumers in Europe and North America are beginning to turn their thoughts towards chocolate. In the UK alone, tens of millions of milk […]
Read more »Vietnam’s VinFast Enters Africa EV Market Aia Ghana Distributor
March 18th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on Vietnam’s VinFast, one of the few international EV businesses to target Africa, which recently announced plans for Ghana within weeks of making deals in five other countries, from Oman to Indonesia: VinFast has enlisted a company in Ghana to distribute its electric vehicles, offering the Vietnamese manufacturer a […]
Read more »Growth, Returns and Aid Shift Investor Focus to West of Africa
February 23rd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on increasing investment interest in West Africa: West Africa eurobonds on average saw better returns than peers China investment to region has surpassed East, Southern Africa Investors in West African countries are enjoying the best returns on the continent, and are shifting money flows to a region that’s performed well despite […]
Read more »Ghana Eyes Local Iron Ore Processing to Boost Economy
February 20th, 2024
Via Semafor, a report on Ghana’s ambitions to develop a local iron ore processing capability: Ghana aims to process its iron ore locally by 2027 for steel production to boost economic growth, a government document seen by Semafor Africa shows. It is part of a continent-wide push to add more value to natural resources at […]
Read more »National Football League Makes A Pass To Africa
February 11th, 2024
Via Semafor, an interesting look at the growing importance of Africa to the National Football League: Later this evening (U.S. hours) there’ll be an American football match in the midst of some of the most expensive commercials ever aired during the NFL’s Super Bowl extravaganza. Notably, one NFL promo commercial was shot in Accra, Ghana […]
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.