Cote d’Ivoire: Africa’s Fastest Growing Economy
March 2nd, 2017
Via WorldFolio, a report on Cote d’Ivoire: Almost six years after the end of the Second Ivorian Civil War, Côte d’Ivoire has witnessed a successful and peaceful transition to economic growth, bucking regional trends with 8.5% GDP expansion in 2016 Côte d’Ivoire can comfortably be described as booming. Its near-unstoppable economic growth – 8.5% in […]
Read more »Ethiopia To Become The Leading Economy In East Africa
February 28th, 2017
Via Coast Week, a report on Ethiopia’s economic prowess: Kenyan media outlets have it well covered recently that Ethiopia is about to overtake Kenya and become the leading economy in East Africa. Building on decade-long double-digit growth catalyzed by enormous government spending on infrastructure, the size of the Ethiopian economy, in terms of Gross Domestic […]
Read more »China And Kazakhstan’s Remote Cross-Border FTZ May Finally Be Set To Boom
February 13th, 2017
Via Forbes, an interesting look at a Chinese And Kazakh remote cross-border FTZ which may be ready to boom: The first time I visited the International Center for Boundary Cooperation “Khorgos” (ICBC) was in May of 2015. At that time, I found a bi-national free trade zone straddling the China / Kazakhstan border that was basically […]
Read more »One Belt, One Road: China Aims To Build A Global Infrastructure Network
February 12th, 2017
Via MERICS China Mapping, a very detailed look at various components of China’s One Belt One Road Initiative:
Read more »The Megacity Economy: How Seven Types of Global Cities Stack Up
February 8th, 2017
Via the Visual Capitalist, a very interesting graphic examining the megacity economy: Back in 1950, close to 30% of the global population lived in cities. That since has shifted dramatically. By 2050, a whopping 70% of people will live in urban areas – some of which will be megacities housing tens of millions of […]
Read more »Investing In Syria’s Future
February 6th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Syria’s economic future: Forecast The crippled state of Syria’s economy risks weakening the remaining loyalist support for the government in Damascus. The international involvement in the country’s civil war will leave Damascus with few partners that it can trust to help with its reconstruction efforts. Iran’s investments 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.