Middle Corridor: Potential Alternative to Russian Railways?
April 25th, 2022
Via Jamestown Foundation, an article on the Middle Corridor as a potential alternative to Russian transit: The Russo-Ukrainian war has cast doubt on the sustainability of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) “Northern Corridor” because of mounting Western sanctions on this overland route’s key links—Russia and Belarus (see EDM, April 8, 18). The growing vulnerability of […]
Read more »Iraq’s Oil Dysfunction
April 21st, 2022
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on why the world’s sixth-largest oil producer still suffers from fuel shortages and power outages: As Iraq marks 19 years since the U.S.-led invasion and the fall of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime this month, the country hasn’t turned into the stable, prosperous democracy that the United States and […]
Read more »Moscow’s Race Against Time To Divert Energy Exports From Europe To Asia
April 21st, 2022
Via BNE Intellinews, a report on Moscow’s efforts to diver energy exports from Europe to Asia: Europe’s unprecedented push to sever all energy ties with Russia has left Moscow scrambling to re-orientate its vast oil, gas and coal exports to Asian markets. But achieving such a monumental feat would likely take years, not to […]
Read more »Safaricom, Ethiopian Telcoms Sign Network-Sharing Deal
April 21st, 2022
Via the East African, a report that Safaricom will access the giant network of Ethiopian State monopoly Ethio Telecom allowing the telco to roll out its services across the vast Horn of Africa nation: Safaricom will access the giant network of Ethiopian State monopoly Ethio Telecom allowing the telco to roll out its services across the vast […]
Read more »Record Investment in Africa Despite Coronavirus Recession
April 21st, 2022
Via African Business, a look at how the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa has prompted firms to plough investment into digital solutions for the financial sector, which represented a monumental 60% of the total deal value in 2021: Last year, private investment in Africa hit a record high of $7.4bn, representing a 118% jump from 2020, […]
Read more »Mixed Fortunes for Kazakh Grain?
April 20th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report on Kazakhstan’s potential to be an influential player in the global grain economy, if it can first overcome domestic and logistic challenges: The Kazakh government has imposed temporary limits on its grain and flour exports to stabilize domestic grain prices in response to Russia’s ban on its own grain exports. Despite the […]
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.