Shadow Games on the Red Sea: Scramble for Sudan’s Ports Intensifies
February 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Middle East Eye, a report on the scramble for Sudan’s ports: Strange things are happening along the Sudanese coastline. Foreign operatives appear to be living on small islands in the Red Sea, patrolling the waters around them and banishing the locals. Billion-dollar deals are being made and then unmade. The whole world is […]
Read more »Taliban Sets Up Investment Consortium With Firms From Russia, Iran
February 25th, 2023
Via Reuters, a report on Afghanistan’s efforts to create an investment plan for power, mining, and infrastructure: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has set up a consortium of companies, including some in Russia, Iran and Pakistan, to create an investment plan focusing on power, mining and infrastructure, the acting commerce minister said on Wednesday. The consortium included […]
Read more »How Ghana and Gambia Are Planning To Bolster Their Digital Economies
February 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Quartz, a report on how two west African countries are gearing up for tech-based economies where knowledge is the new business capital: As legacy economies continue to fall out of favor the world over, Ghana and Gambia are ramping up efforts to build tech-based economies. In a time when most economies run by oil, manufacturing, […]
Read more »Angola’s Mining Sector: From Rough Diamond To Polished Gem?
February 25th, 2023
Via AfricaPractice, a look at Angola’s mining potential: International investment in Angola’s mining sector has historically been limited relative to oil and gas, with capital deterred by accusations of grand corruption under former president José Eduardo dos Santos. However, the election of reformist president João Lourenço in 2017 ushered in major improvements to the business […]
Read more »The Limits of India’s Maritime Capabilities
February 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of Geopolitical Futures, an examination of India’s maritime capabilities: Perhaps the most important dynamic to follow as the U.S.-China competition intensifies is U.S.-India cooperation. Beijing certainly realizes as much and understands further that the linchpin for their cooperation will be the Indian Ocean. China has been unable to project as much power there […]
Read more »Bolivia Looks to China to Develop Its Lithium
February 22nd, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on Chinese firms’ ability to give La Paz its best chance to capitalize on the green transition. The green energy transition is driving a global race for lithium. Countries sitting on large deposits of “white gold” suddenly find themselves with an exceptional opportunity. The prime example is Bolivia, home to 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.