Serbia Signs Natural Gas Deal With Azerbaijan
November 19th, 2023
Via Balkan Insight, an article on a new gas deal that will help Serbia achieve its strategic goal of diversifying supplies and strengthen its position as a transit country for gas supplies to Central Europe: Serbia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement in Baku on Wednesday under which some 400 million cubic meters of gas from […]
Read more »Thailand Pitches Investors on Old Idea of Southeast Asia Shipping Route Shortcut
November 19th, 2023
Via Time, an article on Thailand’s interest in reviving an old idea of a southeast Asia shipping route shortcut: Since attaining the premiership in August, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has branded himself the nation’s chief “salesman,” traveling around the world to court foreign investments to boost Thailand’s stagnant economy. This week, as global leaders descend on San […]
Read more »The Lobito Corridor: Washington’s Answer to Belt and Road in Africa
November 17th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at the Lobito Corridor: Washington’s answer to Belt and Road in Africa: Launched a decade ago, China’s Road and Belt Initiative is a colossal infrastructure and economic development project spanning across Asia, Europe, and Africa. To date, 52 African governments signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with China regarding the BRI […]
Read more »Namibia Forges Ahead with Mineral Beneficiation
November 17th, 2023
Via The Africa Report, an article on Namibia’s plans to add value to mineral exports will struggle given the lack of manufacturing infrastructure in the country: Namibia insists that mining companies operating in the resource-rich African nation must add value to the minerals before shipping them abroad — despite critics’ concerns that the country lacks […]
Read more »Ethiopia: An Investor Darling Is Becoming a Hard Sell
November 17th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, commentary on Ethiopia’s waning investment attractiveness: It must have been a frustrating week for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. For a leader who came to power in 2018 pledging to open up the Horn of Africa nation’s economy and turbo charge economic growth, the past few days have brought to bear the pitfall […]
Read more »China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia: The Next Decade
November 16th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on what China’s BRI could look like in the next decade in southeast Asia: When China convened the Third Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in Beijing last month, Southeast Asia featured prominently in the list of outcomes that Beijing announced on its trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as it […]
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.