Timor Leste Says China Could Fund Major Pipeline Project
September 9th, 2022
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report that China could help fund a major pipeline project in Timor Leste: East Timor leader Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday said China could help fund a vast fossil fuel project seen as crucial to the nation’s economic future, dismissing Western concerns over Beijing’s growing influence. Speaking to reporters after […]
Read more »How Mongolia Is Handling Its Mining Bonanza
September 9th, 2022
Via Global Asia, a look at how Mongolia’s dependence on mining has intensified in recent decades: Is Mongolia’s prosperity being built at the expense of its future stagnation? A growing number of experts believe that the country is becoming over-reliant on mining-led growth. Making matters worse, the government is only saving a measly one cent […]
Read more »UAE Firm To Run Flight Services On Afghan Airports
September 9th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report on how, under a new contract, an Abu Dhabi-based firm will manage flights at Afghanistan’s three major airports: Kabul, Herat, and Kandahar: The Taliban and the Abu Dhabi-based firm GAAC Solutions signed a contract Thursday for the Emirati company to provide flight services and manage planes landing and taking off […]
Read more »Is North Korea’s Economy In Crisis?
September 9th, 2022
Courtesy of North Korea Economy Watch, commentary on the state of North Korea’s economy: Is the North Korean economy in a crisis following years of tough sanctions and the Covid-19 border closure? In a new report, the Bank of Korea’s answer is yes. They point to factors such as vast price increases on several basic […]
Read more »Francophone Africa’s First Unicorn Is Disrupting The Region’s Mobile Money Market
September 7th, 2022
Courtesy of Rest of World, an article on how Wave’s rise has burst open the mobile money landscape in Senegal by fueling competition with existing players: From the confines of a light-blue shipping container next to a busy roundabout, Ousmane Fall runs a modest business transferring money across Senegal, with little more than his smartphone. A […]
Read more »Lithium Monopoly in the Making? Beijing Expands in the Lithium Triangle
September 7th, 2022
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on China’s growing engagement in the “Lithium Triangle”: China aims to expand its influence in the “Lithium Triangle” as a component of a broader campaign to construct a near-monopoly in the global lithium market. The Lithium Triangle, comprising Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, accounts for approximately 56% percent of global lithium supply. Beijing’s […]
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