Looking East: China Is Trying To Win Over Africa In Global Trade War
June 20th, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on how China is trying to win over Africa in the global trade war: At China Mall, a vast supermarket in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, Rose Ahurra picks up a small turquoise squirrel. The toy flashes as she puts it in a trolley laden with towels, clothes, containers and an air […]
Read more »Kernel of An Idea: Globalization of Nuts
June 17th, 2025
Via The Economist, an article on a brave and high-tech attempt to export nuts: The lowly cashew is globalisation in a nutshell. The route from cashew tree to tasty snack follows a peripatetic journey. More than half of the world’s cashew nuts are grown in African countries. Most are exported raw, mainly to Vietnam, for shelling […]
Read more »Africa: Luxury Property’s Final Frontier
June 17th, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on the boom in ultra-prime apartments in Africa’s megacities: IN THE LAGOS edition of Monopoly, a board game, the priciest neighbourhood up for grabs in Nigeria’s commercial capital is Banana Island. The sand-filled addition to Ikoyi, a rich part of town, has become home to some of Nigeria’s hottest property since its […]
Read more »Could CPEC Become South Asia’s Peace Corridor?
June 17th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at the recent decision to extend CPEC into Afghanistan is a boost to regional cooperation. But geopolitical rivalries cloud hopes. Often hailed by Chinese and Pakistani analysts as a “game-changer,” the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) gained fresh strategic significance recently with Beijing brokering a rapprochement between Pakistan and Afghanistan. At a […]
Read more »Syria To Reconnect With Global Economy After 14 Years As Pariah State
June 14th, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Syria’s plans to be relinked to Swift payment system after more than a decade of sanctions: Syria will be fully reconnected to the Swift international payment system “in a matter of weeks”, the country’s new central bank governor said, relinking the country to the global economy after […]
Read more »US Tariffs Threaten to Derail Vietnam’s Historic Industrial Boom
June 12th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a look at how an economic boom lifted 100 million Vietnamese out of poverty. Then came the Trump rug-pull: It’s been several weeks since US President Donald Trump declared his global trade war, but Dinh Ngoc Hien is still busy tending to her stream of customers. One by one, they pluck cigarettes, noodles, […]
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.