China Shores Up BRI Deals with Middle East Cash and Partnerships
August 30th, 2023
Via the South China Morning Post, an article on Chinese efforts to shore up belt-and-road deals with Middle East cash and partnerships as Western investment wanes: Beijing’s charm offensive to lure the capital from the Middle East appears to be paying off, as a Dubai-based chamber of commerce welcomes business cooperation with open arms and vows […]
Read more »Africa’s EV Input
August 30th, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at Africa’s global share of EV metals and minerals: The worldwide supply chain disruption caused by the global pandemic from 2020 through 2021 forced major organizations to rethink what they now realize was an overreliance on tried and tested systems. Until then African countries had not been prioritized as a supply chain […]
Read more »10 Years On: Has CPEC Spurred Economic Activity in Pakistan?
August 30th, 2023
Via Panda Paw Dragon Claw, commentary on the real economic impact of CPEC in Pakistan: As the Belt and Road turns 10, it is a good time to assess the successes and failures of the initiative. Such a task is far from simple, however, complicated by the fact that the initiative has ballooned to 148 […]
Read more »BRICS Expansion Is No Triumph for China
August 29th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary that BRICS expansion is not a triumph for China, but rather a warning shot for the West to end its strategic slumber in the global south: Those who believe that the world is moving to a post-Western global order saw their belief confirmed last week. At its annual summit in […]
Read more »Egypt To Drill 35 Gas Wells by 2025 as BP Pledges To Invest $3.5B
August 29th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report that BP has energy pledged $3.5 billion in investment into gas exploration in Egypt over the next three years: Egypt plans to invest $1.5 billion into drilling 35 natural gas wells by 2025, the cabinet said in a statement on Tuesday, citing Petroleum Minister Tarek El-Molla. The news comes hours […]
Read more »Nollywood
August 28th, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at Nollywood’s evolution and growth: Nollywood, the movie production and distribution system that started out in Nigeria in the 1990s, used to be known for its physical formats — VHS tapes, then video CDs — which fans bought at local street markets and shared with friends and family. But over the last […]
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.