Building The Economy Of Post-Qaddafi Libya
May 3rd, 2013
Courtesy of Ventures Africa, some thoughts on Libya: Libya has never been a country with a good reputation, and with all of the bad news about terrorism, chaos and disorder that has appeared since the fall of Qaddafi, it’s hard to believe that things are getting better. But with parliamentary elections later this year and […]
Read more »Pyongyang Glitters, But Rest of North Korea Still Dark
April 28th, 2013
Via Time magazine, an interesting look at North Korea: The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon. Glossy construction downtown has altered the Pyongyang skyline. Inside supermarkets where shopgirls wear French designer labels, people with money can buy Italian wine, Swiss chocolates, kiwifruit imported from New Zealand and […]
Read more »Silicon Kush
April 25th, 2013
Via Inc., an interesting article on how bill-payment kiosks are transforming consumers’ economic lives in Central Asia: On our first morning in Dushanbe, the Tajik police stop our car. We had been driving less than three minutes before hearing the siren squawk. Behind us, a police officer emerges from his compact Soviet-era Lada wearing a […]
Read more »Growth From The Ground Up In Iskandar
April 24th, 2013
Via Mark Mobius’ blog, a look at Iskandar, Malaysia: Our emerging markets team isn’t too keen on following crowds. Part and parcel of Templeton’s contrarian approach is traveling to places others aren’t, and thinking about the long-term potential in specific industries and companies that may not be on others’ radar screens. One place we’ve had […]
Read more »Apple…In Afghanistan
April 24th, 2013
Via Quartz, an interesting article on Apple’s popularity in Afghanistan: Where do people in Kabul go when they want to buy an iPhone? The same place as everybody else: an Apple Store. But one thing separates the Apple Store in, say, New York, from the one in Kabul: Apple either doesn’t know it exists, or […]
Read more »Afghanistan Has What China Wants
April 20th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, a look at China’s interest in Afghanistan: As we near the date of withdrawal for U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan, the debate about the country’s largest neighbor has shifted. No longer are American analysts worried about Chinese investments free-riding on U.S. and NATO stability efforts. Now, the hope is that China’s massive […]
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.