Caribbean Nations: Trapped Between Global Financial System and Looming Climate Disaster
July 27th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Barbados’ tightrope walk between the global financial system and a looming climate disaster: Late on May 31, 2018, five days after she was sworn in as prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley and her top advisers gathered in the windowless anteroom of her administrative office in Bridgetown, […]
Read more »The Trans-Afghan Railway Line: Back on Track?
July 26th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the Trans-Afghan railway project which is gathering momentum once again as Uzbekistan seeks access to Pakistan’s ports, but must still overcome significant security, geographic, and financial hurdles: The Trans-Afghan railway project is gathering momentum as Uzbekistan prioritizes access to Pakistan’s seaports of Karachi, Gwadar, and Qasim, as part of Tashkent’s bid […]
Read more »Africa’s Sleeping Giant: Central Africa
July 26th, 2022
Via Africa: The Big Deal, a look at how Central Africa has claimed less than 1% of all the funding raised by start-ups on the continent since 2019: After covering Eastern, Northern, Western and Southern Africa, our last stop on our tour of the continent’s regional ecosystems naturally takes us to Central Africa. With only $82m+ raised by start-ups since 2019, the region […]
Read more »Guayana: World’s Fastest-Growing Economy Seeks to Diversify Away From Oil
July 26th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on Guyana’s efforts to diversity it economy: Guyana, the world’s fastest-growing economy, plans to use its newfound oil and gas wealth to fund investments in other sectors that will reduce its dependence on hydrocarbons, its president said. The government wants to use the revenues from its massive offshore oil deposits to […]
Read more »New Namibian Oil Discoveries
July 25th, 2022
Via News24, an article on two new oil discoveries in Namibia: Two oil discoveries offshore of Namibia are likely to bring in an equivalent R53 billion in revenues for the state, a prominent global consultancy group has estimated. In early February, Shell and its partners announced they had made a significant oil discovery at its […]
Read more »Morocco Plans To Set Up EV Battery Gigafactory
July 25th, 2022
Via Asharq Al-Awsat, a report on Morocco’s plans to establish an EV battery gigafactory: Morocco is negotiating with electric vehicle battery manufacturers to set up a plant in the country to mesh with its existing automotive sector and cobalt output. “We hope to sign a deal for the plant before the end of this year,” […]
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.