Tajikistan: Pakistan’s Gateway to Central Asia
August 7th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, a report on how Islamabad and Dushanbe have grown closer, pulled together by mutually beneficial energy projects: Tajikistan, a Central Asian state formerly part of the Soviet Union, has an area of 143,100 square kilometers and a population of 7.1 million. The country borders Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China. It is separated […]
Read more »Startups Unleashing Potential of Iran’s Demographic Bonus
August 6th, 2017
Via Techrasa, an interesting look at Iran’s demographic bulge and how it may impact investment opportunities: Since 2006, Iran’s demographic age composition has been marked by a phenomenon known as the “demographic dividend” or “window of opportunity” by demographers and economists. Can startups unleash the potential of this golden opportunity? [1] The working age population […]
Read more »Your Next Big Vacation: Somaliland
August 5th, 2017
Via Ozy, an interesting look at Somaliland: When Jama Muse first heard about the prehistoric cave paintings at Laas Geel some 20 or 30 years ago, he didn’t think anything of it. Old rock art is cool, of course, but nothing to get out of bed for. Then a group of French archaeologists trucked in, […]
Read more »Can Uganda Handle New Economic Challenges?
August 4th, 2017
Via EconoMonitor, an article on Uganda’s challenges ahead: Back in the 1970s, Uganda was one of the worst run economies in the world. Uganda suffered through a lost decade when Idi Amin was in power in the 1970s. Thankfully, Uganda’s economic performance dramatically improved when a President Yoweri Museveni new government armed with serious economic […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Silk Road Rivalries
August 2nd, 2017
Via International Crisis Group, an interesting report analyzing how the Chinese NSR and the Russian Economic Union are impacting the Central Asian geopolitical and geo-economic landscape not only in the context of rivalry between China and Russia in the region but also rivalry among Central Asian countries: Executive Summary Two new regional initiatives potentially could transform […]
Read more »Is It Time To Invest In Iran?
July 31st, 2017
Via Investment Frontier, a look at Iran: Hypothetical situation: You are considering investing in a large country with 80 million people and a relatively prosperous GDP per capita of almost $20,000. It had democratic elections this year where the reformists won again on a mandate to increase trade with the rest of the world in […]
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.