Nigeria
August 15th, 2013
Via SilkInvest, a look at Nigeria: At Silk Invest, we believe that Nigeria is probably one of most misunderstood places in the world today. And even though it continues to impress the global business community, it is still a fairly unknown investment destination to global investors. In this piece we take a closer look at […]
Read more »Nigeria: A Rugged Road To High Returns
July 10th, 2012
Via Reuters, a look at Nigeria’s investment potential: Bomb blasts, gun attacks, airline crashes, kidnappings, industrial-scale oil theft, armed robberies and fraud costing billions of dollars. Such things might give pause to anyone thinking of opening a business. In Nigeria, they happen with alarming frequency, and yet investors just keep coming. The reasons are many: […]
Read more »From BRICS TO BRINCS: Lagos Holds The Key
April 30th, 2012
Via VenturesAfrica, a look at Nigeria’s potential: Participants at the just concluded 6th Lagos Economic Summit also known as “Ehingbeti 2012” have affirmed that Nigeria can be among the top economies in the world if the proper infrastructures are put in place. The Economic summit, which had in attendance leading speakers from the US, United […]
Read more »Nigeria: No. 1 in Africa by 2014?
February 8th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a report on Nigeria’s potential to become Africa’s largest economy by 2014. As the article notes: Nigeria is by far Africa’s most populous nation but in 2010 its GDP was less than two thirds that of South Africa, the continent’s richest country. That, at least, is according to the IMF – […]
Read more »Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s Dry Hole
July 14th, 2010
Via The Associated Press, news that Nigeria’s state-run oil company is “insolvent” and needs $6.6 billion to cover its debts and fund future oil exploration in the West African nation. As the report notes: “State Finance Minister Remi Babalola said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. asked for the funding after acknowledging its costs far […]
Read more »CNOOC’ing On Nigeria’s Door…
September 29th, 2009
Via The Globe and Mail, a report that China is in talks with Nigeria to buy large stakes in some of the world’s richest oil blocs in a deal that would eclipse Beijing’s previous efforts to secure crude overseas. As the article notes: “…The attempt could pitch the Chinese into competition with western oil groups, […]
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.