The Tide Is Turning In Africa
June 21st, 2024
Via Frontier Markets, a look at African markets: Negative news coverage from Africa is overshadowing a surprisingly positive trend developing across the continent It’s now been more than a decade since the Africa Rising narrative emerged. The excitement over Africa’s prospects drew a flood of international investors looking for opportunities on the continent—and dissolved into […]
Read more »Monaco has the Oldest Population in the World, Niger the Youngest
June 20th, 2024
Via Voronoi, a graphical look at the world’s oldest and youngest countries by median age, per 2024 estimates from the CIA World Factbook: Key Takeaways Monaco and Japan—two countries with high life expectancies and low birth rates—have some of the highest median ages (50+) in the world, indicating that the population as a whole is […]
Read more »Republicans May Force Africa To Choose Between US and China
June 16th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on the US’ House Ways and Means trade panel which is debating more conditions for African beneficiaries of the AGOA duty-free scheme due to the continent cozying up to China: Congressional leaders upset about Africa’s growing ties to China are considering a rewrite of US trade policy to force […]
Read more »Africa Policy In Trump’s Second Term
June 16th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy In Focus, commentary on what American policy towards Africa could look like if President Trump wins a second term: The election of the next president of the United States will be held this November. If he wins another term, Joe Biden’s policy on Africa is predictable because he has followed a consistent policy and […]
Read more »Wait, What? France Controls Currencies of 14 African Nations?
June 14th, 2024
Via Africa In Brief, a graphical look at continued French influence on African economies: Fiscal Legacy of France – Pegged to the euro, the CFA Franc, created by France in 1945 to stabilize its African colonies’ economies, remains in use in 14 countries in West and Central Africa. Despite its benefits of economic stability, low inflation […]
Read more »What Africa Can Learn From China’s Rise
June 13th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on what Africa can learn from China and the importance of human capital: Since the big wave of independence from European rule swept Africa in 1960, no country on the continent has joined the exclusive club of the world’s richest nations. Africa is hardly alone in this regard. Since World War […]
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.