Can UAE Help Revive Zambia’s Solar Dream After World Bank, China Disappointments?
January 27th, 2023
Via The Africa Report (subscription required), an article on Zambia’s hopes that new UAE cooperation will revive its solar dreams: Drought-prone Zambia hopes the $2bn direct investment from the UAE will help to reboot its quest for more renewable power sources after previous similar attempts in cooperation with the World Bank and China stagnated on […]
Read more »U.S. Grants License To Trinidad And Tobago To Develop Venezuelan Gas Field
January 27th, 2023
Via OilPrice.com, a report that the U.S. has granted a license to Trinidad and Tobago To develop a Venezuelan gas field: The U.S. Treasury has granted a license to Trinidad and Tobago, allowing the Caribbean nation to develop a gas field offshore Venezuela and do business related to the gas field with Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA, […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Economy Nears Collapse As Foreign Currency Reserves Plunge
January 26th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Pakistan’s dire economic condition: Pakistan’s economy is at risk of collapse, with rolling blackouts and a severe foreign currency shortage leaving businesses struggling to operate as authorities attempt to revive an IMF bailout to relieve the deepening crisis. Shipping containers full of imports are piling up at […]
Read more »Using Hydrogen To Fuel Growth In Developing Countries
January 26th, 2023
Via EnergyPost.eu, commentary on the potential for hydrogen to fuel next stage of growth in many developing countries: The new hydrogen economy will not just be global, it must be used as a major economic development opportunity for low income nations and promoting shared prosperity, explain Dolf Gielen, Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha and Priyank Lathwal at the […]
Read more »Major New Oil Discovery In Namibia
January 26th, 2023
Via New Era Newspaper, an article on a major new hydrocarbon discovery in Namibia: Shell has reportedly made another major discovery of hydrocarbons, the main components of oil and gas in the Orange Basin. Once confirmed, this will be Shell’s second major discovery in the vicinity, where TotalEnergies last year also confirmed a major discovery […]
Read more »China’s Huawei Looks to Ports, Factories to Reinvent Itself
January 26th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Huawei is reinventing itself as a supplier of self-driving cars and automated industrial tech after U.S. sanctions crushed its smartphone brand: As technicians in a distant control room watch on display screens, an automated crane at one of China’s busiest ports moves cargo containers from a Korean freighter […]
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