Egypt Seeks To Turn Into Regional Hub For Electricity Supply
March 10th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on how Egypt, as part of plans to turn into a major regional hub for electricity, announced plans to increase the capacity of an interconnection line between Egypt and Libya: Egypt’s Minister of Electricity Mohammed Shaker recently announced his country’s readiness to increase the capacity of the electricity interconnection line between […]
Read more »China Is Buying Record Amounts of Iranian Oil
March 10th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on China’s increasing close relationship with Iran: China’s purchases of Iranian oil climbed to record highs in 2021, according to data from Refinitiv, a global provider of financial market data. Over the past 14 months, Iran sent 17.8 million tonnes (approximated 306,000 barrels per day) of crude oil to China. Three-quarters of […]
Read more »How Yandex Evolved From Russia’s Google To Its Amazon
March 8th, 2021
Via Ozy, an article on Yandex: With most residents confined to their homes in Moscow’s sixth week of lockdown, one familiar sight remains on the Russian capital’s near-empty streets: tech giant Yandex’s yellow-jacketed army of couriers. Strict limits on when Muscovites can leave their homes have increased demand for Yandex’s delivery apps, whose user numbers […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Resource Curse
March 8th, 2021
Via Emerging Europe, a look at potential for Central Asia to fall prey to the ‘resource curse’: Across the globe, countries with a wealth of natural resources are broadly authoritarian and corrupt. Central Asia is no exception. The Caspian Sea region is one of the world’s richest in terms of natural resources. This has contributed […]
Read more »Connecting The Unconnected In Africa: Liquid Telecom
March 8th, 2021
Via Quartz, commentary on Africa’s digital infrastructure: Liquid Telecom’s recent $620 million bond sale—one of the largest by an African telecoms company—should provide a big boost to the continent’s digital infrastructure, which has been a major barrier to more widespread internet access. One of Africa’s biggest internet and cloud computing companies, Liquid Telecom hopes to […]
Read more »North Korea’s Kim Jong-un a Rare Earth Trillionaire?
March 8th, 2021
Via National Interest, a report on North Korea’s mineral wealth: North Korea has been reported to have high concentrations of rare earth elements, and its neighbor to the south may be wanting to help to exploit these resources. After the historic summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2018, high-ranking officials from […]
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