What Could a New Era Mean for Latin America?
July 25th, 2023
Courtesy of McKinsey, a report on how current global challenges could usher in a new era for Latin American economies: At a glance The current global upheaval may feel unprecedented, but there have been similar periods of acute disruption in recent history, each of which gave birth to a new era with its own distinctive […]
Read more »Algeria and China: Expand Tech Ties and Build On BRI Relationship
July 25th, 2023
Via South China Morning Post, a report on recent meetings between Algeria’s President and China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing to expand tech ties and build on their belt-and-road relationship: Abdelmadjid Tebboune talks with the Chinese president following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Russia last month China has had a heavy presence in Algeria’s infrastructure […]
Read more »China, Afghanistan, And The Allure Of ‘Green Mineral Development’
July 25th, 2023
Via the Foreign Policy Research Institute, an article on China, Afghanistan, And the allure Of ‘Green mineral development’ BOTTOM LINE Chinese firms are inching closer to billions of dollars worth of deals in Afghanistan in search of natural resources just two years after the United States exited from the war-ravaged country. Critical minerals should be […]
Read more »Eritrea’s Growing Ties With China And Russia
July 25th, 2023
Via the Hudson Institute, a look at Eritrea’s growing ties with China And Russia which highlight America’s inadequate Approach in East Africa: China and Russia have recently increased their engagement with Eritrea, a small but strategically located country in East Africa. Meanwhile, American influence in the region is amid a yearslong slide. Despite the obvious risks, […]
Read more »Bolivia’s Lithium Reserves Even Larger Than Previously Estimated
July 25th, 2023
Via Quartz, a report that Bolivia’s lithium reserves are even larger than it previously estimated Bolivia officially has the largest lithium reserves in the world, according to the country’s president Luis Arce. Arce confirmed yesterday (July 20) that Bolivia’s reserves of the valuable metal increased from 2 million tons to 23 million tons after extensive geological studies of […]
Read more »African Debt: Mostly Non-Chinese As Beijing Finances Clean Energy
July 25th, 2023
Via The China Project, commentary that China is neither laying a debt trap nor building a lot of fossil projects in Africa but, rather, it’s been relatively generous with debt relief, and in developing Africa’s renewable energy capabilities: The current trajectory of Africa’s economies will be informed by three main factors: the debt crisis, great […]
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.