Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia – Achieving Global Connectivity
July 4th, 2021
Via The Belt and Road News, a report on the Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a project aiming towards connectivity through Central, South, and Southeast Asia into the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Although BRI stretches from Eurasia to Africa, its major states lie in South Asia. Due to […]
Read more »Egyptian Start-Ups Are Africa’s New Venture Capital Darlings
July 4th, 2021
Via Quartz, an article on the growing popularity of Egyptian start ups: From e-commerce to edtech and fintech, Egypt’s start-ups are emerging as the preferred destination for global and regional investment, threatening to overtake South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. Just in the month of June, Egypt’s start-ups are close to surpassing the $190 million they raised in […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Launches National Transport and Logistics Strategy
July 1st, 2021
Via Arab News, an article on Saudi Arabia newNational Transport and Logistics strategy: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday launched his country’s National Transport and Logistics Strategy. The comprehensive program aims to position the Kingdom as a global logistics hub connecting three continents, and improve all transport services in support of Saudi Vision […]
Read more »Somaliland Opens New Berbera Port Terminal
July 1st, 2021
Via African Business, a report on the development of Somalialand’s Berbera port, which reduces landlocked Ethiopia’s reliance on the port of Djibouti for trade, and fuels optimism in the breakaway region of Somaliland: UAE port operator DP World and the government of Somaliland opened a new container terminal in the Berbera port on Thursday, signalling […]
Read more »A Jihadi Gold Rush Is Fueling Violence In Africa’s Sahel
June 28th, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on instability in the Sahel and how a jihadi gold rush is fueling violence in Africa: On the side of a rural highway leading south from the city of Kaya in central Burkina Faso, Boureima Ouedraogo mixes gold ore slurry with soapy water in a rusted oil drum, […]
Read more »Mozambique: Militant Activity Disrupting Economic Growth
June 28th, 2021
Via FrontierView, a report on Mozambique: After a mild contraction of 1.4% YOY in 2020, the economy is forecast to grow by 3.2% YOY in 2021 on sharply stronger export revenues—especially coal—vis-à-vis 2020, and looser COVID-19 commercial restrictions. However, this rate reflects a recent deterioration in the growth outlook for 2021 as foreign direct investment […]
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.