Africa’s Thirst for Champagne Could Bring Veuve Clicquot to Kenya and Ghana
July 21st, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at Africa’s growing thirsty for champagne: Veuve Clicquot, the Champagne maker that’s part of luxury-goods powerhouse LVMH, is exploring new markets in Africa as demand for premium products rises on the continent. The Champagne maker is considering expanding in East Africa or going west to Ghana as it looks to boost […]
Read more »Iran’s Quest For Economic Foothold In Africa
July 12th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a look at Iran’s efforts to sign agreements in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, looking also on the horizon to engage in a tight race with such foreign investors as China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi embarks today at the helm of a large delegation to three […]
Read more »East Africa: Leveraging Natural Proximity to India, China, and the Gulf
July 9th, 2023
The recently released report by McKinsey & Company on reimagining economic growth in Africa offers a wealth of valuable insights and analyses. However, one aspect that I believe received insufficient attention in the report is the positioning and integration of different clusters of countries, particularly in relation to their global market geography. One striking observation […]
Read more »African Countries Are in a Race to Recover the Chinese Tourist Market
July 4th, 2023
Courtesy of Semafor, a look at how various African nations are targeting Chinese visitors to reinvigorate their tourism markets: Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa are leading a charge by African countries to reinvigorate their post-pandemic tourism markets by targeting the Chinese travel market. The three countries, along with Egypt, were among the first popular destinations […]
Read more »The Infrastructure Trap: Kenya’s $5B Railway To Nowhere
June 27th, 2023
Via The Dial, commentary on how Kenya’s $5 billion railway to nowhere is exacerbating debt and corruption. One morning in March, a Chinese-built train departed the Kenyan capital of Nairobi and headed to the middle of nowhere. Chugging along the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), the train was eerily empty until a dozen Kenyan students from […]
Read more »Kenya: Poised to Become the ‘Singapore of Africa’
June 16th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, commentary on how Africa’s growth is an opportunity for multinational corporations, and Kenya – its seventh-most-populous nation – is well-positioned to take advantage: Of all the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to be optimistic about, the most promising is Kenya. Economic and political forces are converging to put the continent’s seventh-largest nation in […]
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.