Somalia, Turkey Sign Energy Cooperation Deal
March 7th, 2024
Via The East African, a report on growing Turkish/Somalia ties: Turkey signed an oil and natural gas cooperation deal with Somalia on Thursday, the Turkish Energy Ministry said, further strengthening bilateral ties after agreeing a defence deal last month. The Energy Ministry said the energy deal includes exploration, evaluation, development and production of oil in […]
Read more »India Rises As Emerging Markets Darling
March 7th, 2024
Courtey of Forbes, bullish commentary on India: The India bulls are charging. If the emerging markets universe had an anointed darling last year, it would be India – and the momentum is still growing. Net inflows into exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on Indian stocks shattered records in 2023, clocking in at $8.6 billion last year. India’s […]
Read more »Chinese Investment in Asia Rose 37% in 2023, Led by Indonesia
March 7th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on growing Chinese investment and construction activity in the Asia-Pacific region: Chinese investment in the Asia-Pacific region rose sharply in 2023, a new report shows, bucking global trends even as the world’s No. 2 economy sputters. The report by Brisbane’s Griffith University and Shanghai’s Fudan University shows that Chinese […]
Read more »Mongolia Enters Global Space Industry with Cubesat Launch
March 7th, 2024
Via Capacity Media, a report on Mongolia’s entrance into the global space race: Mongolia has entered the global space industry with the launch of its first satellites The news marks the deployment of two low-earth-orbit nano satellites that launched into space aboard Space-X’s Falcon-9 rocket from its Vandenberg Space Force Base launch site in California. […]
Read more »Debt, Inflation, Currency Crisis: Can Egypt Awake From Its Economic Nightmare?
March 7th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Egypt’s economic crisis: With the pound at rock bottom, hyperinflation and colossal debt, Cairo is sinking into a deep economic crisis. As the Middle East conflict indirectly affects one of its main sources of income, it’s time to take a closer look at the acute pressures on […]
Read more »China’s Latin American Investments Downshift To Smaller, More Strategic Projects
March 6th, 2024
Via China Strategy, a look at China’s Latin American investment strategy: Margaret Myers, one of the study’s main researchers and director of its Asia and Latin America programme, said that the years of large, high-risk projects have led to a reorganisation of priorities in Beijing. She believes that the Chinese economic slowdown has led several […]
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.