Paul Kagame, Crystal Ventures, and Rwanda’s New Economic Diplomacy
May 11th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how – over the past two years – Rwanda has been aggressively expanding its businesses, including the commercial wing of President Paul Kagame’s party, Crystal Ventures, and its foreign-focused subsidiary, Macefield Ventures. These expansions have reached countries such as the Central African Republic, Mozambique (where the Rwandan […]
Read more »Africa’s ‘Warlords’ Are Actually Savvy, Globalized Business Managers
May 11th, 2023
Via World Politics Review, commentary on the business and managerial acumen of Africa’s ‘warlords’: In most Hollywood films that use civil wars in Africa as a plot device, the commanders of armed groups are usually portrayed as erratic tyrants with little understanding of the wider world. Such assumptions even permeate news coverage of subnational militias, […]
Read more »India-Financed Sittwe Port Opens in Myanmar, Countering China’s Connectivity Projects
May 11th, 2023
Via India Today, an article on the opening of Indian-financed Sittwe Port in Myanmar: The strategic Sittwe Port in Myanmar was jointly inaugurated by Indian Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal and Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Transport & Communications of Myanmar, Admiral Tin Aung San on Wednesday. At the […]
Read more »U.S. Eyes Mideast-India Transport Network To Counter China
May 10th, 2023
Courtesy Nikkei Asia, a report on U.S. talks with Saudi Arabia, India and the United Arab Emirates about a massive transport infrastructure project as Washington steps up engagement with the Middle East to counter China’s influence: The U.S. is talks with Saudi Arabia, India and the United Arab Emirates about a massive transport infrastructure project […]
Read more »How Big is China’s Footprint in Southeast Asia’s Telecom Sector?
May 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the extent to which Southeast Asia’s governments are willing to engage with Chinese firms, and the risks they perceive in doing so, vary widely: Because telecommunications play a pivotal role in the collection and transmission of information, geopolitics and national security are often inseparable from more mundane commercial […]
Read more »The $2B Rwandan Airport That Could Help African Aviation Take Off
May 10th, 2023
Via CNN, a look at a new airport south of Kigali, in Rwanda, which could accommodate 8 million passengers a year when complete, making it one of the busiest in Africa: Some 40 kilometers south of the Rwandan capital of Kigali in the Bugesera District, construction vehicles and high-visibility vests swarm across an arid expanse […]
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.