Ethiopia vs. Kenya: A Modern-Day War of the Roses
August 28th, 2016
Via Bloomberg, a look at how a $10 million investment in Ethiopia blossomed into an upstart rival to Kenya for control of Europe’s flower trade: In a giant warehouse near Lake Ziway in central Ethiopia, hundreds of women in aprons work at yellow workbenches under the flags of Dutch soccer clubs PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, […]
Read more »Ten Emerging Markets Of The Future
July 28th, 2016
Via the World Economic Forum, commentary on the top 10 emerging markets of the future: A new report from BMI Research has identified the “10 emerging markets of the future” — the countries that are set to become new drivers of economic growth over the next 10 years. BMI estimates that these countries will cumulatively […]
Read more »Kenyan Oil: Hot And Getting Hotter?
January 15th, 2013
Via OilPrice.com, a look at why Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April and if the country will be able to quickly – and economically – develop those discoveries into production: Oilprice.com: There were some major discoveries in […]
Read more »The East African Ride to Middle Income
February 22nd, 2012
Via The World Bank, an interesting article on East Africa’s economic growth trajectory: “You have embarked on a long train ride in Africa. The train is in bad shape, the ride is bumpy and breakdowns frequent. You wonder when you will arrive at destination or if you ever will. But after a tortuous first half of […]
Read more »An Energy Corridor For China’s Oil In Sudan?
October 16th, 2009
Courtesy of Energy Daily, a report that China and Kenya are discussing a huge project to develop a port on the Kenyan coast and a corridor creating a new export route for China’s oil in Sudan’s secessionist south. As the article notes: Most of Sudan’s oil is in the south — which has a semi-autonomous […]
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.