China In Afghanistan: A Tale Of Two Mines
December 4th, 2012
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at China’s activities in Afghanistan: Facing a heavy domestic agenda and growing foreign policy tensions in the seas to the east, it is unlikely that Afghanistan is going to be a major priority for incoming Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Unfortunately, this does not mean the problems are going […]
Read more »India’s African Safari
December 4th, 2012
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at India’s engagement with Africa: India’s engagement with Africa has grown remarkably over the past decade. Trade with Africa jumped from U.S. $3 billion in 2000 to $52.81 billion in 2010-11 and is expected to exceed $90 billion by 2015. India has emerged as Africa’s fourth largest trade partner, […]
Read more »Oil In Central Africa
November 29th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting look at the impact and opportunity related to oil in Central Africa: In recent years, international campaigns have highlighted the role that “conflict minerals” such as coltan, used in many electronic devices, have played in perpetuating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighbors, but there’s […]
Read more »Myanmar: Best Unopened Market In The World?
November 29th, 2012
Via The Daily Reckoning, a report on Myanmar: Archibald Colquhoun returned from a trip to Myanmar (Burma) enthusiastic about the opportunities in the country. He wrote a book about it all: Burma and the Burmans: Or, “The Best Unopened Market in the World.” Colquhoun writes exuberantly about the oil resources of the country, as well […]
Read more »Frontier Markets: The Next Big Deal…
November 28th, 2012
Via India’s BusinessToday, a report on frontier markets: The latest Grant Thornton 2012 Global Private Equity Report says that India and China face serious competition from their South East Asian neighbours in attracting investments. Indonesia, Peru, Colombia and Turkey top the list of new ‘high growth’ markets where private equity is likely to see the […]
Read more »Broken BRICs?
November 26th, 2012
Via Foreign Affairs (subscription required), an interesting look at the BRIC countries: Over the past several years, the most talked-about trend in the global economy has been the so-called rise of the rest, which saw the economies of many developing countries swiftly converging with those of their more developed peers. The primary engines behind this […]
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.