Turkey Resumes Gas Exploration In The Eastern Mediterranean
August 12th, 2022
Via Al Jazeera, an article on Turkey’s decision to resume gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean: Nearly two years after Turkey halted offshore gas explorations in contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean, a Turkish drillship has departed from the port of Mersin to search for gas in the region. The Abdullhamid Han drillship set sail on […]
Read more »Saudi PIF Acquires Stakes In 4 Egyptian Companies Worth $1.3b
August 12th, 2022
Via Asharq Al Awsat, an article on Saudi PIF acquiring stakes in 4 Egyptian companies worth $1.3b: The Saudi Egyptian Investment Company (SEIC), owned by Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Public Investment Fund (PIF), has bought minority stakes in four Egyptian companies for $1.3 billion, Egypt’s planning ministry said on Wednesday. The companies are Abu Qir Fertizilers and Chemical […]
Read more »The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor ‘Plus’ Initiative
August 10th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report on the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor ‘Plus’ Initiative: Just over a month after China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Myanmar and announced that a China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) Plus initiative would be explored at a proper time, there have unsurprisingly been no further details released by Chinese officials or Myanmar’s military-led State Administration Council (SAC) […]
Read more »Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2022
August 10th, 2022
Courtesy of the Financial Times, an annual ranking of Africa’s fastest growing companies: The inaugural FT annual ranking of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies (below) provides a snapshot of corporate landscape in a continent where technology, fintech and support-service businesses have had to adapt to a radically altered environment. Chief among the recent challenges has been operating […]
Read more »China To Overtake EU As Africa’s Biggest Trade Partner By 2030
August 9th, 2022
Via The Africa Report, an article on how China will overtake the EU as Africa’s biggest trade partner by 2030: China is aiming to overtake the EU as Africa’s biggest trade partner by 2030, a new report by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) says. The report published on 3 August, says that China plans to continue […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Building New Bridge Across Garabogaz Bay
August 9th, 2022
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on a new infrastructure project in Turkmenistan: On August 8, Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdymukhammedov took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an important transport infrastructure facility — a new two-lane automobile bridge across the Garabogaz Kol Bay along the highway connecting the Caspian port city […]
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