Temasek Subsidiary May Back $150B Plan to Build 123 New Cities in Africa
June 9th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an article on an ambitious plan to build more than 100 cities in Africa: The African Union and a unit of Temasek Holdings Pte are considering backing a plan to develop as many as 123 new cities across Africa. The plan, developed by Cape Town-based Africa123, envisages the construction of the cities over […]
Read more »‘Dollarization’ of North Korean Economy, Once Vital, Now Potential Threat to Kim’s Rule
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how North Korea’s potential plan to end use of U.S. dollars and Chinese yuan would likely just cause chaos: Before fleeing North Korea in 2014, Jeon Jae-hyun kept U.S. dollars as a store of value and used Chinese yuan to make everyday purchases at markets, restaurants, and other […]
Read more »Reimagining Economic Growth In Africa: Turning Diversity Into Opportunity
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of the McKinsey Global Institute, a new report on economic growth in Africa: Africa’s economy downshifted over the last decade, yet half of its people live in countries that have thrived on the continent. Africa has the human capital and natural resources to accelerate productivity and reimagine its economic growth, which is, more than […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Steps Up Its Effort to Become an International Transit Hub
June 7th, 2023
Via The Jamestown Foundation, a look at Turkmen efforts to become an international transit hub: For most of its just over 30 years of independence, Turkmenistan has been left out of discussions on Central Asia and the role of both north-south and east-west transportation routes linking that region to the rest of the world. Ashgabat […]
Read more »Will Russia Commit to North Korea Connections?
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at whether – – Russia will commit to the infrastructure links necessary to cement Moscow and Pyongyang’s growing trade, energy, and security cooperation that has arisen amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: On May 9, Russia’s annual Victory Day celebration, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised Russian President Vladimir […]
Read more »6 Swing States Deciding the Future of Geopolitics
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at six middle powers of the global South: Last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare foray out of Ukraine, spending almost one week in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Hiroshima, Japan. His goal: to win the support of Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia—four major fence-sitters on Russia’s […]
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.