The Global $800B Remittances Market
September 16th, 2023
Via Latinometrics, an insightful look at Latin America and the $800B remittances market: You’re a young Colombian who’s just secured a job in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles as part of a construction team. With the money you earn, you figure, not only can you pay rent and buy groceries—but also send home a […]
Read more »BRICS+ Set To Drive Global South’s Agenda, With Limitations
September 16th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on BRICS+ ability to drive the Global South’s agenda: On Aug. 2, Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s ambassador to the BRICS bloc, said that the ragtag group’s upcoming leaders’ summit in Johannesburg would initiate “a tectonic change … in the global geopolitical architecture.” While the summit that concluded on Aug. 24 fell decidedly […]
Read more »Accelerating Digital Integration in Africa
September 7th, 2023
Via Harvard Business Review, commentary on ways to accelerate digital integration in Africa which – similar to the European Union’s – has been cited as a key to creating stability, growing economies, improving market efficiency, sharing the costs of large infrastructure projects, and addressing peace and security: In 2021, the combined GDP of Africa’s 54 countries was […]
Read more »How Emerging Markets Will Reshape The Future Global Economy
September 5th, 2023
Via FinTech Magazine, a look at how – as smartphone penetration increases – underserved countries like Pakistan are in the middle of a financial renaissance thanks to fintech, with local fintech players playing a pivotal role in defining the future of financial inclusion: There’s renewed focus on using fintech to reduce financial inequality in emerging […]
Read more »Middle East Digital Economy To Grow To $780B by 2030: UBS
September 3rd, 2023
Via TradeArabia, a report on a recent UBS study examining the Middle East’s digital economy: The Middle East’s digital economy will grow from $180 billion in 2022 to $780 billion in 2030 or roughly 20% growth per annum making it one of the fastest growing digital economies globally, said UBS, a multinational Swiss bank. It […]
Read more »Molar City: How a Tiny Mexican Border City Built a Budget Dental Empire
August 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an interesting look at medical tourism which is seeing people flock to Mexico’s Molar City for its 350 dental offices and relief from the high costs in the US and Canada: Soon after sunrise, they begin streaming across the border, most on foot. Some of the hundreds in the crowd pull rolling […]
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.