Caspian Sea Energy Profile
August 29th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed analysis of the Caspian Sea region’s energy profile: Caspian Region Oil and Natural Gas Infrastructure The Caspian Sea region is one of the oldest oil-producing areas in the world and is an increasingly important source of global energy production. The area has significant oil and natural gas reserves from both […]
Read more »Professional Services Firms: Looking Beyond South Sudan’s Challenges
August 26th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, a look at South Sudan: Not put off by South Sudan’s lack of infrastructure and tensions with its northern neighbour, multinational professional services firms such as EY (formerly Ernst & Young) and Deloitte have opened offices in Africa’s newest country. In 2011 South Sudan declared independence after the […]
Read more »The Great Potash Power Play
August 24th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an intriguing look at the potash industry, a sector that involves Ethiopia, Ukraine, and China among others: Potash is perhaps the world’s most strategic fertilizer. Mineable deposits are concentrated in a handful of countries, it cannot be synthesized, and crop yields suffer badly without it. Russia-based Uralkali, the world’s largest potash producer, […]
Read more »Countries That May Thrive As China Transitions
August 23rd, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting graphic that examines which countries are likely to assume China’s low-end manufacturing and export-led dominance that defined its dramatic three-decade rise: The outlines of this group, what Stratfor calls the Post-China 16, or “PC16,” are only now coming into focus. This group includes Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda […]
Read more »Mozambique: Developed and Developed World, All In One Place
August 22nd, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, an interesting look at Mozambique: While Mozambique’s economy has experienced rapid growth over the past years, much of this new wealth has not trickled down to the broader population. So says Dominique Lalous, country manager of logistics company DHL in Mozambique. Mozambique’s nascent coal mining and natural gas […]
Read more »China And Southeast Asia: Unbalanced Development In The Greater Mekong Subregion
August 21st, 2013
Via the European Financial Review, a look at the great Mekong sub-region: Integrating with Southeast Asia is a key component of China’s multi-pronged regionalisation around its borders as its global rise continues. Below, Xiangming Chen and Curtis Stone consider the ambition of China’s ‘Go Southwest’ strategy to extend its economic interests and influence into Southeast […]
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.