Unveiling the Economic Rise of Bangladesh: A Beacon of Hope in South Asia
July 8th, 2023
Via The Geopolitics, a look at the economic rise of Bangladesh: The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and Study Circle London jointly organized the conference “EU-Bangladesh Cooperation: Opportunities and the Bengal Tiger Economy” at EIAS in Brussels, Belgium on July 5. The conference was chaired by Lin Goethals, EIAS Director and brought together a […]
Read more »How Mobile Money Is Bringing Electricity to the World’s Poorest
July 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how startup Altech has expanded sixfold in two years with pay-as-you-go solar installations in the Congo: As a teenager, Washikala Malango’s family fled a brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, walking for hundreds of miles and crossing Africa’s second-biggest lake in a creaky wooden boat before […]
Read more »Niger, China Discuss Uranium Mine and Other Deals
July 7th, 2023
Courtesy of VOA News, a report on growing Chinese interest in Niger: The West African nation of Niger and China have been discussing deals that include an industrial park, an oil pipeline and a uranium mine. The Chinese ambassador to Niger, Jiang Feng, said China would build an industrial park that would impact industries including […]
Read more »Vietnam Business Opportunities Aplenty in Ascendant SEAsia: HSBC Exec
July 7th, 2023
Via The Investor.VN, a look at Vietnam’s investment potential from one senior banker’s perspective: Southeast Asia remains the world’s growth engine, and as an important economy in the region, Vietnam offers a lot of business opportunities in key areas, said HSBC Asia-Pacific’s Commercial Banking head for South and Southeast Asia, Amanda Murphy. What is the […]
Read more »Chinese Mining Company To Invest $350M In Afghanistan
July 7th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, a report on a planned Chinese investment in Afghanistan: Fan China Afghan Mining Processing and Trading Company (FAMPTC) stated on Thursday that it would spend $350 million in Afghanistan over the next months in several industries, including electricity generation, the building of a cement factory, and healthcare. In a meeting with […]
Read more »Trafigura-Led Group to Invest $555 Million in Angola Railway
July 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at plans by a group of investors led by commodity trader Trafigura to invest as much as $555 million in a railway project that will link the Angolan port of Lobito to neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The consortium, known as Lobito Atlantic Railways, will spend $455 million on 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.