Ride-Hailing Apps Arrive In Senegal
September 2nd, 2022
Via Quartz Africa, a report on the arrival of ride-hailing apps in Senegal: The old yellow cabs that whizz around Senegal’s capital city of Dakar are hard to miss. Beckoning at oncoming traffic, passengers compete on street corners to secure themselves a ride. Unlike many other African countries, ride-hailing apps are not yet common in […]
Read more »The China-Vietnam-U.S. “Triangle”: A Model For Globalization’s Future?
September 2nd, 2022
Via WorldCrunch, commentary on how – following the escalation of the Chinese-U.S. trade war in 2018 – the “Made in China” label is not as ubiquitous as it once was and, while Southeast Asian economies are on the rise, their growth doesn’t necessarily threaten Chinese dominance: There have been a flurry of reports recently in […]
Read more »First U.S. Ambassador To Sudan In 26 years
September 2nd, 2022
Via Sudan Tribune, a report on the first U.S. ambassador to Sudan in 26 years: John Godfrey, the first U.S. Ambassador to Sudan for 26 years, presented his credentials to the head of the military-led Sovereign Council Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on Thursday. “I look forward to strengthening the U.S. relationship with the Sudanese people, supporting […]
Read more »New Boost for Arab-Africa Trade?
September 2nd, 2022
Via African Business, an article on how – despite centuries of exchanges, Arab-Africa trade currently stands at only 17% of the continental total – but signs are pointing to positive winds of change: While there has always been a strong desire to boost Arab-Africa trade, the rhetoric has largely failed to match the delivery. Arab-Africa […]
Read more »Venezuela’s Gamers: eSports A Way To Escape Country’s Crisis
September 2nd, 2022
Via Rest of World, an article on how some of Venezuela’s gamers see esports as a way to escape the country’s crisis and investors are recruiting new gamers from some of the poorer parts of the country: Hidden on one of the top floors of a half-abandoned shopping mall in Altamira, an upper-class enclave of Caracas, […]
Read more »The Scramble for Africa’s Data Is Taking Place On The Cloud
September 1st, 2022
Via Quartz, a look at cloud based services in Africa: The demand for cloud-based services in Africa is rising, but the continental tech ecosystem is largely underepresented in the provision of these services. While there has been a rise in the number of data centers across Africa, keeping on-premise servers running and secure generates huge extra […]
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.