Wagner’s Mercenary gold rush in Mali
July 8th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Wagner’s mercenary gold rush in Mali Since its arrival in Bamako at the end of 2021, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s group Wagner has been eyeing Mali’s considerable gold resources. Recovery of mining permits, creation of local companies, artisanal gold panning, trafficking via Dubai; all avenues are being explored to […]
Read more »First Qashqari Oil Extraction Starts In Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul Province
July 8th, 2023
Via Afghanistan’s ATN News, a report and video of the first Qashqari oil extraction starts in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says a test extraction from the first Qashqari oil well has kicked off in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province. In a trip to the province on Saturday, Minister of Mines and […]
Read more »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 »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.