Turkey: Natural Gas Find Could Help Energy Independence
August 25th, 2020
Via The Middle East Monitor, an article on an extensive natural gas find by Turkey: After extensive exploration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cheerfully announced on Friday that his country had made the biggest natural gas discovery in its history. The gas discovered in the Black Sea was estimated by 320 billion cubic metres. Erdogan […]
Read more »Ethiopia: International Callers on Hold
August 23rd, 2020
Via Quartz, a report that Ethiopia is quietly walking back plans to open up Africa’s last big telecom sector to foreign players: Ethiopia’s planned opening up of the country’s telecommunications sector had international companies jostling to be among the first to get a slice of a largely untapped industry in Africa’s fastest growing economy. But […]
Read more »Namibia’s Business and Investment Opportunities
August 22nd, 2020
Via, a report on Namibia’s business and investment opportunities: KEY TAKEAWAYS Business opportunities – Local production of perishable agricultural crops that are currently being imported – Solar power generation – Desalination and transportation of water – Cross-border trade facilitation – Support services to the mining industry – Food distribution, mass housing developments and education in northern […]
Read more »Fortescue Opens Talks With Afghanistan on Nation’s Mining Riches
August 22nd, 2020
Via Bloomberg, a report on Australian interest in Afghanistan’s natural resources: Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. has held talks with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on potential mining sector opportunities in the nation, which has struggled to accelerate development of an estimated $1 trillion worth of minerals deposits. Ghani and the company’s chairman Andrew Forrest held an Aug. 6 […]
Read more »China’s Strategic Port Project Moves Step Closer to Reality as Myanmar OKs Joint Venture
August 12th, 2020
Via The Irrawaddy, an article on China’s planned strategic deep-sea port project in Myanmar: The Myanmar government’s investment agency last week approved the registration of a joint venture between a Chinese company and a government-backed committee to develop China’s strategic deep-sea port project in western Rakhine State. The approval moves the long-delayed backbone project of […]
Read more »Emirati DPlomacy and Chinese BRInkmanship
August 8th, 2020
Via The Middle East Institute, a report on UAE’s DP World company: The coronavirus pandemic that originated in China could not have come at a worse moment for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Indeed, before its outbreak, relations between the UAE and China were in an excellent place. Underpinned by growing economic exchange, the bilateral […]
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.