OBOR Online: The Digital Silk Road
June 21st, 2017
Via the Financial Express, a report on the implications that China-funded digital connectivity in OBOR geographies has for global e-commerce: Focus on the land and sea corridors in China’s One-Belt-One-Road (OBOR) has overlooked a vital aspect of connectivity that the initiative aspires: digital connectivity. This could be the biggest force of continental cross-border connections generated […]
Read more »Private Equity Looks To East Africa For Investment Opportunities
June 20th, 2017
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how – with Nigeria in economic recession – global buyout groups are searching for deals in Kenya: Buyout groups investing in Africa are turning east and shunning the oil-rich western part of the continent as they grapple with the effect of low commodity prices on private equity’s final […]
Read more »In Central Asia, China Finds a Crowded Playing Field
June 20th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at how China has found a crowded playing field in Central Asia: The expansion of the Central Asia-China pipeline will eventually enable Turkmenistan to export its natural gas to new markets, but in the meantime, it will be more reliant on China. Though improving transport infrastructure is a shared […]
Read more »Uzbekistan And China Start Gas Production In Bukhara Region
June 19th, 2017
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on joint Chinese-Uzbek gas production in Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have launched natural gas production at Dengizkul, Khodjadavlat and Sharkiy Alat gas condensate fields in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reported. The new gas […]
Read more »India And Afghanistan Attempt To Bypass Their Obstructive Neighbour
June 19th, 2017
Via Frontera News, a look at India and Afghanistan’s efforts to bypass Pakistan: Regional allies India and Afghanistan are stepping up their efforts to strengthen commercial ties with the development of air and land transport corridors bypassing Pakistan, which obstructs trade between the two countries. India believes bolstering trading links with Afghanistan will also help […]
Read more »Potential For Technology To Help Tajikistan Diversify Its Economy
June 14th, 2017
Via the Times of Central Asia, a report on the potential of digital technology to help Tajikistan diversify its economy: Digital Tajikistan can be an important source of innovation, growth, and employment – provided that the country invests more in people’s skills, improves the business environment, and strengthens the digital infrastructure, according to a recent […]
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.