Central Asia: Stuck Between A Sinking Russia And A Dominant China
December 20th, 2014
Via Forbes, an interesting look at Central Asia’s geopolitical reality at present: Central Asia, stuck between Russia, the dominant power of yesterday, whose cultural influence in the region remains strong even as its economy implodes and its political clout increasingly plays second fiddle to China, and China, the dominant power of tomorrow, whose targeted economic […]
Read more »Broadband: East Africa’s 21st Century Railway To The World?
November 17th, 2014
Via The Conversation, an interesting commentary on the potential impact fiber connectivity could have upon Africa’s development: The excitement over the potentially transformative effects of the internet in low-income countries is nowhere more evident than in East Africa – the last major populated region of the world to gain a wired connection to the internet. […]
Read more »The 7 Fastest Growing Economies In Africa
October 3rd, 2014
Via Ventures Africa, a look at the quickest growing African economies: Only whisper it, but economic boom is coming to Africa. Yet this boom is not just coming from the continent’s natural resources, though they have surely helped, but rather less traditional business such as retail commerce, transportation, telecommunications and manufacturing. This economic growth is […]
Read more »Global Megacities
September 14th, 2014
Via Bloomberg, an interesting look at how, by 2030, 12 more urban areas with at least 10 million people are expected to enter the ranks of the planet’s megacities
Read more »Mozambique’s Gas: An Italian, American, And Asian Love Triangle
September 4th, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, a look at Mozambique’s gas sector: After years of investments and active economic presence in Africa, ENI s.p.a., the leading Italian oil company, might have achieved the biggest success of its African investment mission in Mozambique, a country whose gas deposits have the potential to become a pivot of world gas routes. […]
Read more »Djibouti
August 28th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at Djibouti: Summary A member of the Presidential Guard for Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh opened fire in Djibouti’s international airport on Aug. 25, just minutes after the president’s departure. In the attack he wounded two other guards and the president’s physician in what may have been […]
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.