How Miners Hunt For Rare Gems In Afghanistan By Dodging The Taliban
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Insider News, a video report on how miners in Afghanistan use dangerous methods to hunt for jewels many of them couldn’t afford to buy. Most gems leave the country illegally and Afghan citizens say they’re losing out.
Read more »Tehran and Kabul Reach Major Trade Agreements
June 24th, 2023
Via Geopolitics in South Asia and MENA, a report on new trade agreements between Iran and Afghanistan: During the visit of the head of the Iranian Trade Promotion Organization (TPO)’s Afghan desk to Afghanistan, important agreements were made for the development of trade relations between the two countries, the TPO portal reported. Hamidreza Karbalaie Esmaili’s […]
Read more »Mexico and Brazil: What Lies Ahead for Latin America’s Largest Economies
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of RANE’s Strator Worldview, analysis of Mexico and Brazil’s economic prospects: While Brazil and Mexico have proven financially resilient in the face of tighter global financial conditions, insufficient structural reforms in both countries and global economic fragmentation will stymy their economic growth in the coming years. However, compared with Brazil, Mexico is poised to […]
Read more »Iran Announced New Gas Project While Turkey Is Still Thinking
June 24th, 2023
Via New Eastern Outlook, a report on Tehran’s efforts to create a gas hub in the industrial district of Asaluyeh in Bushehr Province on the Persian Gulf coast with the participation of Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Qatar while Turkey still considers its strategy: Following the undermining of Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 […]
Read more »Cassava Technologies, Africa’s First ‘Big Tech’?
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Cassava Technologies, a firm that many consider to be Africa’s first “big tech”: For 20 years, Strive Masiyiwa has been building a digital empire beyond the view of traditional American and Chinese giants. Now, the pioneer’s next mission is to monetise the billions of data points captured […]
Read more »BRICS Face a Reckoning
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on the BRICS whose potential enlargement would be a sign not of the group’s strength, but of China’s growing influence: In 2001, Goldman Sachs banker Jim O’Neill created the acronym “BRIC” to refer to Brazil, Russia, India, and China—countries he predicted would soon have a significant impact on the […]
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.