The Global Economy’s Future Depends on Africa
May 18th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, an article on the importance of Africa to the world’s economic future:: In recent decades, the engine of the world economy has been the spectacular growth of China. From 1980 to 2020, fully one-quarter of the increase in global GDP was due to China’s growth, outstripping the contributions of the United […]
Read more »Saudi Tries Rebuilding A ‘Destroyed’ Yemen
May 17th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a look at Saudi efforts to rebuild Yemen: The hospital in southern Yemen was decked out with roses and red carpet runners last week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in its cardiac wing, newly refurbished with Saudi funds. Many patients, however, had been cleared from the air-conditioned lobby and forced to wait for […]
Read more »Competition Among Ports in the Caspian Sea and the Significance of the Port of Baku
May 17th, 2023
Via The Jamestown Foundation, a slightly dated but relevant look at competition among ports in the Caspian Sea: On July 29, the Russian government issued an order concerning plans for the development of federal transport, railway, information and communications infrastructure that includes the construction of Port Lagan, in the Republic of Kalmykia (Portnews.ru, August 3). […]
Read more »Ukraine’s Future: A Good Bet For Global Investors
May 17th, 2023
Via The Washington Times, commentary on Ukraine’s investment potential: “Please come to Kyiv next week. Don’t discuss this with anyone,” Horizon Capital CEO Lenna Kozarny told me over the phone in late April. “Just get to Warsaw by next Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is going to host the signing ceremony for the new fund.” At […]
Read more »Kazakhstan and Russia To Construct Gas Pipeline To China
May 17th, 2023
Via Geopolitics in South Asia, a report on a planned Kazakh/Russian gas pipeline to China: Kazakhstan and Russia have established the route for a future gas pipeline to support shipments between the two countries and to China, Kazakhstan’s energy minister said on Tuesday. The pipeline would help Russia, hit by Western sanctions over its invasion […]
Read more »Paul Kagame and Rwanda Inc. Target Foreign Opportunity
May 16th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how Paul Kagame and Rwanda Inc. target foreign opportunity: Having become an essential economic player in Rwanda, the holding company, owned by the ruling party, is now expanding across the continent, driven by the diplomatic efforts deployed by Kigali. A deep dive into the heart of a […]
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.