Uganda Issues Licence For $3.5B Oil Pipeline
January 24th, 2023
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report that Uganda issued a licence for the construction of a controversial $3.5 billion pipeline set to carry crude oil from the East African country to international markets: Uganda has issued a licence for the construction of a controversial $3.5 billion pipeline set to carry crude oil from the East […]
Read more »DRC To Construct First Hydrogen Plant In Central Africa
January 24th, 2023
Via the DRC’s AGC Press, a report that Kinshasa signed a memorandum of understanding with a French firm for the construction of a hydrogen plant: A memorandum of understanding was signed on Thursday in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between the provincial executive of Kinshasa and Hydrogen of France SA (HDF Energy) […]
Read more »3 Lessons on Sustainable Growth from the Dominican Republic
January 24th, 2023
Via the World Economic Forum, an interesting report on the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic has recorded one of the world’s strongest recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Caribbean island nation quickly achieved high rates of daily vaccine administrations, paving the way to reopening the economy. The pandemic has yielded three lessons that can serve […]
Read more »Latin America Is Now China’s ‘Backyard’
January 24th, 2023
Via Newsweek, commentary on China’s growing engagement with Latin America: The People’s Republic of China is moving into Latin America in force. Excluding Mexico, China is the region’s largest trade partner. In 1981, Cuba was the only Latin American country trading more with China than the U.S. China’s two-way trade with the region was $12 […]
Read more »Iraq Economy Reels as U.S. Moves Against Money Flows to Iran
January 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a report on the impact of recent New York Fed’s change in policy toward Iraqi dollar-denominated financial transactions: Iraqis are blaming an unexpected culprit for a weakening currency that has caused the price of food and imported goods to rise: a little-noticed policy change by the U.S. Treasury and the Federal […]
Read more »Yellen’s Message In Africa: U.S. Here To Stay
January 22nd, 2023
Via Axios, an article on U.S. interest in Africa: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is kicking off her 10-day trip to Africa with a promise that America is committed to the continent through good times and bad. Why it matters: The Biden administration is trying to counter China’s entrenched influence and infrastructure in the region by offering African countries […]
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