25% Of World’s Population Will Live In Africa By 2050
August 1st, 2015
Via Quartz, an interesting look at population growth trends: As of mid-2015, the world’s population stands at 7.3 billion, according to a new estimate by the United Nations. Over half of the world lives in Asia and a little under a fifth live in Africa. But in 35 years, that picture will look radically different. Between […]
Read more »If It Doesn’t Have A Starbucks, It’s A Frontier Market
July 31st, 2015
Via Forbes, an interesting article on frontier markets by Alex Bernard of Schulze Global Investments: Hungry for higher returns and put off by sluggish growth and sky-high valuations in traditional emerging markets like Brazil, China and India, savvy investors have begun to sub-allocate a portion of their emerging market allocations towards frontier markets. But as frontier […]
Read more »A Global Middle Class? Not Yet
July 22nd, 2015
Courtesy of Fast Company, an interesting report on the claim that a global middle class is emerging: People around the world are pulling themselves out of extreme poverty. But outside of China, it’s a big stretch to claim the middle class is thriving In recent years, we’ve heard a lot about the emergence of a […]
Read more »The Plunder Of Africa
July 4th, 2015
Via Foreign Affairs, an interesting review of a new book examining Africa’s economic past and future: Discussions about the fate of Africa have long had a cyclical quality. That is especially the case when it comes to the question of how to explain the region’s persistent underdevelopment. At times, the dominant view has stressed the […]
Read more »Guatemala’s Economic Growth Withstands Political Turmoil
June 24th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Guatemala’s economic strength: A series of corruption scandals has created political uncertainty in Guatemala. Many top officials have resigned in recent months, and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina is being threatened with impeachment. However, any legal action taken against Perez Molina will not be complete until after his […]
Read more »Mozambique Seeks Increased Chinese Economic Presence
June 24th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a report on the latest meeting of the Mozambique-China Joint Co-operation Commission which has given a green light to increased Chinese investment in the economy of the resource-rich African country: China’s interest in resource-rich Mozambique was reiterated at the fifth Mozambique-China Joint Commission for Economic, Technical and Commercial Co-operation, held 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.