Avoiding Africa’s Resource Curse
August 20th, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs (subscription required), a very interesting look at some ways Africa could avoid a “resource curse”: In October 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to seize a palatial cliff-top home in Malibu, California. The 16-acre property towers over its neighbors, with a palm-lined driveway leading to a plaster-and-tile mansion. […]
Read more »Trouble in Emerging-Market Paradise
July 24th, 2013
Courtesy of Project Syndicate, an article examining the plight of the BRICS: During the last few years, a lot of hype has been heaped on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). With their large populations and rapid growth, these countries, so the argument goes, will soon become some of the largest economies […]
Read more »Sudan, South Sudan: Outsiders Try Diplomacy to Prevent Oil Stoppage
July 23rd, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on South Sudan South Sudan has been gradually decreasing its oil production over the last week in response to Sudan’s continued threats to shut down pipelines transporting South Sudanese oil over allegations that Juba supports rebel groups within Sudan. Negotiations between the two countries to prevent another complete […]
Read more »The Amazing, Surprising, Africa-Driven Demographic Future Of The Earth
July 17th, 2013
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a fascinating series of graphics detailing the demographic future of Earth. I cannot copy the interactive charts here but I strongly encourage you to visit the full article so you can see for yourself: Traffic moves through downtown Lagos, Nigeria. The United Nations Population Division, which tracks demographic data from […]
Read more »Tomorrow’s Latin America Won’t be Won With Yesterday’s Playbook
July 17th, 2013
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, some commentary on South America: Frontier Strategy Group is witnessing a dizzying array of changes to the business landscape in Latin America. Some are highly visible shifts in the external political and economic conditions in key markets such as Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, to name a few, while others involve […]
Read more »Malawi: Working To Attract Investment
July 16th, 2013
Courtesy of Ventures Africa, a report on Malawi: Did President Joyce Banda recently win the Nobel Peace Prize? It may appear as such with her current world tour. Banda is president of the fairly under-the-radar Malawi. She is the East African country’s first female president and only the second in Africa after Liberia’s Ellen Johnson […]
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.