How Cairo Cracked Down On One Of Egypt’s Leading Businessmen
July 19th, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the Egyptian government and military’s squeeze on Safwan Thabet and his dairy company: Safwan Thabet has long enjoyed a reputation as one of Egypt’s most successful businessmen, nurturing his small family company into the country’s pre-eminent dairy producer despite the Arab state being rocked by social and political […]
Read more »Fibre to Put DRC At Centre of Africa Connectivity
July 16th, 2021
Via AllAfrica, an article on plans to build a fiber network in the DRC: Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Facebook plans to build a metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo to connect East and West Africa by land. Though they are yet to reveal when the construction of the network will commence, the […]
Read more »China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Key Roles To Play In Afghanistan’s Future
July 16th, 2021
Via Silk Road Briefing, a look at how China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have a role to play in Afghanistan’s future: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has just held its Council of Foreign Ministers this week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan. “A thorough exchange of views […]
Read more »Uzbekistan: From Privatizing Everything To Leapfrogging 30 Years
July 15th, 2021
Via Forbes, an article on Uzbekistan: Five years ago, Uzbekistan, the most populous state in Central Asia, with a per-capita GDP barely above India’s, got a new president. Everyone in frontier markets considered this the moment Uzbekistan finally shed its Soviet-era skin. And investors, especially experienced Western ones in corporate finance, venture capital, and the securities […]
Read more »China’s Belt and Road Won’t Readily Reach Afghanistan
July 15th, 2021
Via Asia Times, a look at Beijing’s hope to connect a Taliban-led Afghanistan with neighboring Pakistan overlooks rising and lethal resistance to the scheme: When suspected militants killed nine Chinese nationals in a blast that sent a bus plunging into a high mountain ravine in northern Pakistan, it marked the latest in a rising string of […]
Read more »Can Afghanistan Be Part of An Integrated Central Asia?
July 12th, 2021
Via National Interest, a look at how a more integrated and cohesive Central Asia that includes Afghanistan will bring do more than anything else in sight to make Afghanistan stable and predictable: For many in the West and worldwide, the five countries of Central Asia remain a mystery, and their role in world affairs unknown. Yet […]
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.