Lagos’ New Metro Systems Pushes Back Against Worst Traffic In World
September 10th, 2023
Via Quartz, a report on the first phase of Lagos’s Blue Line light-rail system which finally started operations after a decade of delays: It took a decade longer than expected, but it’s finally here. Lagos has a new metro system that will—hopefully—help residents beat their city’s traffic congestion, the worst in the world. The long-awaited light rail service started […]
Read more »BRICS’ Middle East Expansion: Towards an Interactive Regional-Global Mechanism
September 10th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, analysis of the BRICS’ Middle East expansion: BRICS’ expansion into the Middle East operates as a combination of regional and global dynamics. The expansion is not just a passive presence but rather an active and interactive process that impacts both regional and global contexts. BRICS has entered the Middle East with the […]
Read more »Saudi Crown Prince Announces Economic Corridor Linking India, Middle East, and Europe
September 10th, 2023
Via Geopolitics in South Asia, commentary on Saudi Arabia’s announced economic corridor linking India, the Middle East, and Europe: According to Saudi Gazette, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for an economic corridor project connecting India with the Middle East and Europe. The […]
Read more »Turks Are Running Out of Cash—and Patience
September 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on Turkey’s inflation mess and efforts to turn the situation around: On a wide staircase across the street from a popular bar in Turkey’s biggest city, crowds of people sit in the sunset, enjoying cheap drinks and snacks they brought from home. They used to go to the bar, […]
Read more »A New Racket: A Version of Pickleball Is Taking Off in Venezuela — to Maduro’s Dismay
September 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at the Venezuelan President’s dislike of a racket sport whose growing popularity among the Caracas elite has developers seeking land for new courts: Nicolas Maduro is cracking down on the Venezuelan elite’s growing obsession with padel tennis, blocking the construction of courts as the sport’s disorderly proliferation begins threatening the capital’s […]
Read more »Accelerating Digital Integration in Africa
September 7th, 2023
Via Harvard Business Review, commentary on ways to accelerate digital integration in Africa which – similar to the European Union’s – has been cited as a key to creating stability, growing economies, improving market efficiency, sharing the costs of large infrastructure projects, and addressing peace and security: In 2021, the combined GDP of Africa’s 54 countries was […]
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.