How China Beat Out the U.S. to Dominate South America
February 18th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on how China beat the U.S. in South America: In the hinterland of Argentina, Mario Pizarro’s office looks like a shrine to China. There’s the framed photo of a Chinese peasant with Pizarro’s face superimposed beneath the conical farmer hat. There’s the blue-robed smiling Buddha statue. And there’s the model wind […]
Read more »Iraq Top Court Orders Kurdistan To Ship All Oil To Baghdad
February 16th, 2022
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report that Iraq’s top court has ordered Kurdistan to ship all oil to Baghdad: Iraq’s top court on Tuesday ordered the autonomous Kurdistan region to deliver all oil produced there to the federal government in Baghdad — a move that could reignite long-standing tensions. A ruling by the federal Supreme […]
Read more »China Built Congo a Toll Road That Led Straight to the Ruling Family
February 14th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on an alleged $238 million paid to transport cobalt and copper in the DRC has gone missing: For 250 hot and dusty miles, the two-lane highway cuts through central Africa, its path lined with the carcasses of trucks, buses, and minivans. But this modest road holds outsize value for global markets, connecting some […]
Read more »China and Uzbekistan: Investments, Projects, and Areas of Cooperation
February 14th, 2022
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, an interview on China and Uzbekistan areas of cooperation: China continues to expand its economic presence in Central Asia, including in Uzbekistan. How do the countries of the region benefit from this? What is the peculiarity of Chinese investment policy? Will security cooperation between Beijing and Tashkent deepen? These and other questions […]
Read more »China: Invested More In Africa Than Other Top Eight Lenders Combined
February 12th, 2022
Via Quartz, an article on China’s investment in Africa: China, in addition to being Africa’s biggest trading partner, is building the future of the continent’s urban landscapes almost single-handedly. And in spite of rhetoric from US president Joe Biden and other leaders from wealthy countries on the urgent need to improve infrastructure on the continent, investment from those countries and […]
Read more »Africa’s Biggest Bank Turns To Fintech To Extend Lending To Informal Businesses
February 10th, 2022
Via Impact Alpha, a look at how Africa’s biggest bank is turning to fintech to extend lending to informal businesses: It may take the threat of a fintech disruption to get local commercial banks focused on lending for micro and small businesses in Africa and other emerging markets. Fintech startups and local fund managers have recently […]
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.