Via Tasnim News, an update on the rail connection between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea: The managing director of Iran’s Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC) said the Persian Gulf will be connected to the Caspian Sea via rail within the next two months. Kheirollah Khademi announced this on Sunday, adding […]
Read more »Via Al Monitor, a report on new DP World agreements with China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port that will boost its Dubai station project as part of China’s Road and Belt Initiative: Dubai’s state-owned DP World signed agreements with China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port and Zhejiang Seaport on Friday, to cooperate on automobile industry chain services and logistics. Ningbo-Zhoushan said […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Shell’s Iraqi joint venture which will draw power from plant whose revenues mostly flow to a Tehran-based company: An Iranian company is the biggest beneficiary of a power plant poised to supply a Shell-backed gas project in Iraq, showing the pervasive presence of Tehran’s business interests in […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Africa Report, a ranking of 20 high potential African startups: Remember these names: In a few months, these companies will probably make headlines on news sites – specialised or not – on the continent, and perhaps beyond. To establish the list of the 20 startups to watch in 2023, we took the […]
Read more »Via World Politics Review, commentary on how Bolivia’s hydrocarbon-led economic model is running out of gas: In the past 15 years, the Bolivian economy tripled in size and poverty was cut in half, achievements built in large part on state spending fueled by the income from natural gas exports. But since 2013 those exports have […]
Read more »Via National Interest, a look at Kazakhstan’s rise as a middle power: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is certainly on a path to enhance his country’s diplomatic profile by turning it into a “middle power,” a concept born during the Cold War to characterize states that “punch above their weight” in world politics. Considered to be […]
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