Iran: India’s Gateway to Central Asia and the Middle East
February 25th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of India’s strategic plans for connecting with Central Asia and the Middle East: Forecast Established ports in the Gulf and Arabian seas will likely generate much of the private investment needed for the development of Iran’s Chabahar Port. Construction on the port will begin this year, but it several […]
Read more »Iran: The Final Great Investment Frontier?
February 23rd, 2016
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Iran: Iran’s historic nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions should bring the country back into the global community. For investors, it is being heralded as the return of the largest economy to the global system since the breakup of the USSR in 1991. We recently went […]
Read more »Cuba: The Island Of Disconnect?
February 18th, 2016
Courtesy of EMIA, a look at Cuba’s telecommunications market: However, the number is misleading, as it includes people that can only log onto a government-controlled Intranet of state-approved websites. High prices, slow connectivity, and extensive government regulation have contributed to the disconnect. Although mobile phone and smartphone penetration is on the rise, Freedom House estimates that […]
Read more »A Hidden Economic Message Behind North Korea’s Satellite Launch?
February 12th, 2016
Via Frontera, interesting commentary that Pyongyang’s recent nuclear tests and satellite launch have little to do with antagonizing the South – or the West – but rather they point to a high-stakes internal struggle that aims to loosen the military’s grip on an increasingly market-oriented economy: IN THE FACE of growing international condemnation, this week North Korea […]
Read more »Chabahar Port: A Win for South Asia
February 10th, 2016
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on Chabahar port: When Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah visited Iran on Jan. 4, one of the top items on his agenda was the finalizing of the Chabahar Transit and Transport Agreement. The core aim for the creation of this agreement is to expand regional trade between India, Iran, and […]
Read more »Coca-Cola Buys Stake In Nigerian Juice & Dairy Company
February 6th, 2016
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on Coke’s recent Nigerian investment: Coca-Cola has bought a minority stake in the Nigerian juice and dairy company CMH. The deal demonstrates the long-term play multinationals and tech start-ups are making in the country of more than 180m, which has one of the world’s fastest growing populations. Companies […]
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.