From the Ruins of War, A Tourist Resort Emerges In Azerbaijan
July 24th, 2022
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on Baku’s efforts to turn Shusha, a fabled fortress town that was key to last year’s war between Azerbaijan and Armenia into a resort: Above a valley carpeted with dense pine forest, the rocky cliff that leads to the town of Shusha is riddled with scars left by the […]
Read more »Ghana’s ‘Success’ Exposes the West’s Toxic Development Model
July 24th, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, a report on Ghana’s economic development: At first glance, an item of business news that crossed my transom one morning this week seemed like a clear economic win from Africa: Ghana, which enjoys a reputation as one of the continent’s most successful nations, had signed a $3.2 billion contract with an international consortium to […]
Read more »Is Pakistan The Next Sri Lanka?
July 24th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a look at Pakistan’s economic crisis: Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely. That continues a trend of the city, and especially its strategic deep-sea port, being in the news for all the wrong reasons. In […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan Heatwave Spells Power Problems For Central Asia
July 22nd, 2022
Via Eurasianet, an article on how Kyrgyzstan’s main hydropower reservoir is being depleted rather than filled for the winter ahead: Kyrgyzstan’s state power supplier has warned of possible energy shortages as consumers set a new daily record for power consumption in summer. Central Asia is being gripped by the same heatwave blanketing much of the northern […]
Read more »Sudanese Fintech Blooms
July 22nd, 2022
Via Tech Crunch, a report on Sudanese fintech company Bloom, which recently raised US$6.5M backed by Y Combinator, GFC, and Visa: Bloom, a Sudan-based fintech that offers a high-yield savings account and adjacent digital banking services, has raised a $6.5 million seed round. This investment is coming after the startup’s undisclosed pre-seed round last year. […]
Read more »Power of Siberia 2 Will Divert Russia’s Europe-Bound gas To China
July 22nd, 2022
Via The Asia Times, an article on how the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline will divert Europe-bound gas to China: The construction of a second gas pipeline linking Russia and China is expected to commence within two years, a megaproject that will put Mongolia in the middle as the pipe is designed to pass through its […]
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.