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 »Somaliland: The East African Country That Isn’t
July 9th, 2013
Via Environmental Graffiti, an interesting look at Somaliland: A farmer near Dhagax Khoure, a rock art site When you think of Somalia, your mind probably conjures up images of a poverty-stricken, war-torn and lawless state – a place populated by pirates and bloodthirsty warlords, as seen in news bulletins. Somalia’s neighbor Ethiopia doesn’t fare all […]
Read more »South Sudan’s Economy: A Race Against Time
July 9th, 2013
Via Al Jazeera, a report on South Sudan’s economic challenges: South Sudan’s current oil reserves may only last a decade from now and economic diversification is needed [AFP] A heavy reliance on oil revenue needs to be urgently rectified by South Sudan’s government, analysts say, with the potential of the country’s promising agriculture sector one […]
Read more »Laos Economy Is Set For Boom Years
July 8th, 2013
Via the International Business Times, a report on how Laos’ economy is set for boom years ahead as increased infrastructure helps expand trade and tourism: Laos, the third poorest country in Southeast Asia after Myanmar and Cambodia, is intent on catching up with its wealthier neighbors as infrastructure develops in the region, facilitating trade with […]
Read more »North Africa: Investing Post-Arab Spring
July 6th, 2013
Via Ventures Africa, an article on investing in North Africa: It is time to invest in North Africa. Or that is the vibe emanating from Islamic finance circles. Speculative western investors generally fail in comparison to their sharia-compliant counterparts. Or, better put, North Africans better appreciate the emphasis placed on virtue and risk sharing. Yet […]
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.