How Poland Snagged Intel’s Multi-Billion Dollar Investment
June 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Reuters, a look at how Poland snagged Intel’s multi-billion dollar investment: Poland’s third-largest city Wroclaw beat rivals last week to be home to the next multi-billion dollar Intel (INTC.O) chip factory in Europe, with a two-year campaign promising subsidies, infrastructure, talent and a slice of American life. In the face of an unprecedented […]
Read more »Cash-Strapped Pakistan To Lease Part Of Karachi Port To UAE For $220 Million
June 25th, 2023
Via NDTV, a report on Pakistan’s decision to lease part of Karachi port to UAE: AD Ports Group of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement Thursday to take over the running of part of Pakistan’s main Karachi docking facility in a deal worth an immediate $220 million, the company said. The deal will […]
Read more »China’s CNOOC To Explore Tanzania’s Offshore Oil and Gas Fields
June 25th, 2023
Via Tanzania’s The Citizen, a report on Tanzania’s efforts to boost the development of its natural gas resources: Chinese state-owned offshore oil and gas company CNOOC, is planning to start offshore exploration with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) Energy Minister January Makamba told Bloomberg on Thursday. Tanzania is looking to boost the development of its […]
Read more »Oil and Gas Majors Step Up Efforts To Diversify Into Lithium
June 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how oil and gas corporations are moving into lithium extraction: Oil and gas majors are stepping up efforts to break into lithium to diversify beyond fossil fuels as hopes rise over a technological breakthrough to produce the metal critical for electric car batteries. ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, Occidental Petroleum […]
Read more »Women Entrepreneurs In Emerging Markets: A Trillion Dollar Opportunity
June 25th, 2023
Via World Economic Forum, a report on the immense economic potential of women entrepreneurs in emerging markets: > Globally, women could add as much as $28 trillion, or 26% of global GDP, by 2025. > In emerging markets, women-owned and led companies are systematically overlooked and under-financed. > A strong business case exists for investing […]
Read more »The Man Who Wants To Build Morocco’s First Armored Vehicle
June 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on an Moroccan entrepreneur, Youssef Mandour, chairman and founder of the FAR Group: Youssef Mandour, a Casablanca-born US Army veteran, is the chairman and founder of the international holding FAR Group, based in the US. He wants to produce the first 100% Moroccan armoured vehicle. Until a few […]
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.