Green Upheaval: New Geopolitics of Energy
June 7th, 2022
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, an article on the new geopolitics of energy: It is not hard to understand why people dream of a future defined by clean energy. As greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow and as extreme weather events become more frequent and harmful, the current efforts to move beyond fossil fuels appear woefully […]
Read more »Skirting Russian Black Sea Blockade To Feed The World’s Hungriest Is Mission Of Yemen’s Biggest Company
June 7th, 2022
Courtesy of Forbes, an article on Yemen’s biggest company’s efforts to feed hungry Yemenis: Yemen’s civil war has killed hundreds of thousands and left many of the survivors without enough to eat. Now, Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s food exports has made it even harder for the world’s hungriest to feed themselves. The unprovoked war in […]
Read more »Uzbekistan The Big Winner In China’s New Central Asian CKU Railway
June 7th, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on the CKU Railways which is expected to create significant trade opportunities for Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan while linking China directly to the Middle East via Rail, with spin off benefits throughout the region: China has finally pushed the ‘Go’ button on the long-awaited China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway, with work on the […]
Read more »‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
June 6th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how the shadowy network known as the Wagner Group is getting rich in Sudan while helping the military to crush a democracy movement: In a scorched, gold-rich area 200 miles north of the Sudanese capital, where fortunes spring from desert-hewn rock, a mysterious foreign operator dominates the […]
Read more »The ‘Satchetisation’ of Africa’s Largest Economy
June 6th, 2022
Via Al Jazeera, an article on how high poverty and inflation rates in Nigeria are leading many businesses, including those in tech, to adopt sachet marketing to survive: In February 2019, Eat’n’Go, the Nigerian franchisee of popular pizza maker Domino’s, introduced a miniature version of the pizza boxes the market was familiar with, for 550 […]
Read more »China-Timor Leste To Boost Trade & Investment Cooperation
June 6th, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on trade relations between China and Timor Leste: China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi has been visiting the South Pacific Islands, with Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste in East Asia being the last stops on this regional trip. Following concerns about a proposed Chinese security presence in the region, discussions have concentrated […]
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.