Reimagining Economic Growth In Africa: Turning Diversity Into Opportunity
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of the McKinsey Global Institute, a new report on economic growth in Africa: Africa’s economy downshifted over the last decade, yet half of its people live in countries that have thrived on the continent. Africa has the human capital and natural resources to accelerate productivity and reimagine its economic growth, which is, more than […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Steps Up Its Effort to Become an International Transit Hub
June 7th, 2023
Via The Jamestown Foundation, a look at Turkmen efforts to become an international transit hub: For most of its just over 30 years of independence, Turkmenistan has been left out of discussions on Central Asia and the role of both north-south and east-west transportation routes linking that region to the rest of the world. Ashgabat […]
Read more »Will Russia Commit to North Korea Connections?
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at whether – – Russia will commit to the infrastructure links necessary to cement Moscow and Pyongyang’s growing trade, energy, and security cooperation that has arisen amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: On May 9, Russia’s annual Victory Day celebration, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised Russian President Vladimir […]
Read more »6 Swing States Deciding the Future of Geopolitics
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at six middle powers of the global South: Last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare foray out of Ukraine, spending almost one week in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Hiroshima, Japan. His goal: to win the support of Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia—four major fence-sitters on Russia’s […]
Read more »Angola: Private-Sector Agriculture Partnerships Key To Diversification
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Angola’s efforts to diversify its economy: Agricultural partnerships between the state and private sector are crucial to diversifying Angola’s economy away from oil dependence, Manuel Francisco Pedro, chairman of the Luanda/Bengo Special Economic Zone (SEZ), tells The Africa Report. More than 80% of Angola’s agricultural produce comes […]
Read more »China-Kazakh Energy Deal
June 7th, 2023
Via KazInform, a report on a deal between the China National Petroleum Corp. and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna Group for the joint development of the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan. CNPC will help expand the throughput capacity of two Kazakh oil pipelines and participate in the construction of the second strings of a natural gas pipeline […]
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.