The Nigerian Conundrum for Companies: Stay or Go?
April 7th, 2024
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at how Unilever, Walmart and GSK are taking different approaches to one of the world’s biggest markets, where it is hard to turn a profit: Some of the world’s most ubiquitous consumer companies are going to unusual lengths to try to succeed in Nigeria, enticed by the […]
Read more »Nigeria’s Film Scene Is Blowing Up and The World Is Finally Tuning In
April 3rd, 2024
Via Tech Safari, a look at Nigeria’s rapidly growing film industry: When you go after bad guys who have nothing to lose, only two things can happen: You win, or you pay. Paul Edima paid… and then he won. When corrupt policemen kill his only son, Paul is left with no choice but to return […]
Read more »Nigeria To Grant Mining Licences Only To Companies that Process Locally
March 31st, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on Nigeria’s recent decision to grant mining licences only to companies that process locally: Nigeria will only grant new mining licences to companies that present a plan on how minerals would be processed locally, under new guidelines being developed, a government spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. This signals a shift from Nigeria’s decades-old […]
Read more »Candy Crush: Crushing It In Africa
March 31st, 2024
Courtesy of Semafor, interesting analysis of a recent survey on video games in Africa: I’ve been digging into a survey on video game players across Africa, by Geopoll/Pan Africa Gaming Group, looking for nuggets. It’s a sector which is still in its early stages of development on the continent and has very little analytical coverage. […]
Read more »Uber Drivers ‘Melting’ Amidst Nigeria’s Historic Heat and Record Fuel Prices
March 27th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a sobering report on the impact that rising heat and fuel prices is having upon Nigeria: Uber drivers in Nigeria are suffering from heat-related health issues, but say they cannot afford to reduce their work hours. Drivers say they cannot switch on air conditioning in their cars when they don’t have […]
Read more »Angola & Nigeria: State-Led Petroleum Sector Development
March 23rd, 2024
Via Phenomenal World, a report on state-led petroleum sector development in Angola and Nigeria: Oil and gas producers in Africa, like developing countries across the globe, face a particular problem in pursuing state-led development. The resource curse, and specifically the phenomenon of “Dutch disease,” in which an exporting industry brings in foreign capital and causes the […]
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.