Chinese Investment In Niger
October 12th, 2015
Via Business Insider, an interesting look at Niger and China’s involvement in its nascent economy: Food options are limited in northern Niger, but one dietary staple is readily available just about everywhere I went in the vast, landlocked West African country. From remote highway rest stops and to the sidewalks in front of the ministry buildings […]
Read more »Most Promising Retail Markets In Africa: Countries People Rarely Talk About
September 10th, 2015
Via Quartz, a look at the most promising retail markets in Africa: It is rarely mentioned countries, like Gabon, Botswana and Angola, that are increasingly becoming attractive for multinational retailers looking to launch and expand on the African continent, according to a new report. These countries are small and dynamic, their income levels are growing and […]
Read more »Coffee: Providing An Economic “Jolt” To South Sudan
September 7th, 2015
Courtesy of the Financial Times, an interesting report on coffee’s importance to South Sudan: Four years after independence there is very little to celebrate in South Sudan. Border and land disputes continue to strain ties, and given other high-visibility emergencies the civil war is not the subject of much attention from international media. However, there […]
Read more »Emerging Markets: Still The Future
September 4th, 2015
Via Bloomberg, a look at emerging markets: Remember when emerging economies were supposed to save us all? After the 2008 financial crisis, the traditional engines of global growth—the U.S., Western Europe, and Japan—stumbled into recession. To the rescue came the once-poor developing world. China, India, Brazil, and other up-and-comers powered the global economy through the […]
Read more »Papua New Guinea’s Ambitious National Telecoms Plan
August 27th, 2015
Via LinkedIn, an interesting look at Papua New Guinea: Although rich in natural resources, Papua New Guinea is one of the world’s less developed countries. From low to high, its GDP per capita ranks 50th out of 188 countries, its fixed-line teledensity ranks 41st out of 210 countries, and its mobile penetration ranks 17th out […]
Read more »Can Mozambique Become The ‘Qatar Of Africa’?
August 20th, 2015
Via The Fringe, a quick look at Mozambique’s LNG-fueled economic potential: Five years ago, the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto invested over US$ 3 billion into an enormous coal project in Mozambique’s Tete province. A veritable ‘coal rush’ ensued, with residential properties in this otherwise remote region selling for millions. When Rio wrote down their entire […]
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.