Ethiopia’s Broadband Network – A Chinese Trojan Horse?
September 8th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, some commentary on Ethiopia’s recent decision to purchase broadband network equipment from ZTE: Ethiopia’s signing last month of a $800 million broadband network with Chinese telecoms giant ZTE has some pundits again focusing on Chinese economic espionage in Africa. The agreement calls for the establishment of a 4G broadband network in the […]
Read more »Optimism In Liberia
September 5th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, a report on Liberia: “Everybody who has lived in Liberia for the past five years will tell you there have been a lot of positive improvements. In 2012, GDP growth was 9%, which is very high. There has also been an influx of foreign investors in almost all […]
Read more »East Africa’s Gas Discoveries
September 3rd, 2013
Via Future Directions International, an interesting review of East African gas discoveries. While written from the perspective of potential Australian investment, it provides a nice update on all the opportunities therein: Key Points Following large discoveries of natural gas off the coasts of Tanzania and Mozambique, equated by some to those on the North West […]
Read more »China And Myanmar: The Great Game Of The Gas Pipeline
September 2nd, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, an article on the China-Myanmar-South Korea-India gas pipeline project: The first phase of a China-Myanmar-South Korea-India gas pipeline venture was started in July 2013. Together, they will explore the resources of ‘Shwe Fields’. The pipeline will start from Kyaukryu port in Rakhine State on the west coast of Myanmar and enter China […]
Read more »Asia’s Mega-Mall Boom: Headed Toward Bust?
August 31st, 2013
Via Quartz, a report on Asia’s retail real estate issues: Hint: something’s missing. When the United States was choosing a location in Indonesia for its first @America cultural center—a new, interactive, social-media focused face of diplomacy—it decided to stay far away from the embassies of the city center. A stand-alone building would be too inconspicuous in […]
Read more »More Megaprojects? What China’s Rebalancing Means For Asia
August 31st, 2013
Via The Diplomat, a report on China’s economic presence in Asia, taken in light of its slowing domestic growth: The China boom has changed far more than China itself: its impact has been felt right across the global system, from the wealthiest states to the poorest. But for China’s neighbors, there has been a particular […]
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.