Insights
11-Apr-19 JD.com’s 7Fresh and Yonghui Superstores are set to co-invest RMB5 bn (USD750 mn) in Thailand to establish sourcing and distribution of tropical fruits, including RMB1.5 bn of durians, mangosteens, longans, and coconuts from Thai agricultural brands.
Read More
Insights
25-Mar-19 Mexico's foreign direct investment in tourism plummeted by 50% in 2018, to USD798.5 mn. Mexico also dropped from sixth to seventh place in arrival of foreign visitors due to the recovery of Turkey. [image: Tourism Review]
Read More
Insights
25-Mar-19 Oman's Deepak Oman Industries Project has laid the foundation for its USD120 mn integrated chemical complex. The project will produce 225,000 tonnes of calcium chloride and sodium nitrate annually. FDI in the Salalah Free Zone has reached USD5.2 bn. [image: Trade Arabia]
Read More
Insights
22-Mar-19 In countries where more than half the workforce have upper secondary education there is a strong positive relationship between capital investment and productivity. Seven countries with well educated populations and low fixed capital per worker are investing above average in fixed capital, and therefore look to be opportunity markets. Conversely there are eight countries which have a good standard of education but are not investing enough to fully leverage it in future. [image: Global Demographics Ltd]
Read More
Insights
20-Mar-19 Indonesia-based logistic startup, Kargo Technologies, debuts in Southeast Asia after raising seed funding of USD7.6 mn. Kargo is also backed by Uber founder Travis Kalanick’s 10100 Fund, and co-founder of Northstar Group, Patrick Walujo, an early investor in Go-Jek. [image: KrAsia]
Read More