Archive for the ‘Ghana’ Category

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Expanding Into Africa
May 22nd, 2022

Via Quartz Africa, a report on Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty which is expanding into Africa: Fenty’s planned launch in Africa is perceived as a reaction to the growth of the continent’s beauty and personal care industry which is now valued at over $12 billion. Latest figures show the market could reach $14 billion in 2022, oiled by a […]

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Ghana – Quiet, But Rising
April 14th, 2022

Via the Realistic Optimist, a look at Ghana: While not the largest African country by size nor by population, Ghana is a country of symbols. Ghana was home to the powerful Ashanti Empire, and was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule in 1957 under the leadership of pan-African icon Kwame Nkrumah. While […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.

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