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 »Mexico: Building Rail Rival To Panama Canal
November 16th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report on Mexico’s ambitions to build a rail rival to the Panama Canal: At Mexico’s narrowest point, linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the government is building a railway rival to the Panama Canal with promises of economic bounty but amid fears of environmental and social harm.The Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes […]
Read more »Ethiopia’s Flower Sector: Wilting Under Pressure of Conflict?
November 16th, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at how Ethiopia’s booming flower business may be set to take a hit due to internal conflict in the country: As an under-reported conflict escalates in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the country’s horticulture sector looks set to become a major economic casualty. Currently the world’s fifth largest exporter of flowers, industry […]
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.