Taking Stock: Ethiopia’s Plans For A 2024 Stock Market Launch
November 30th, 2023
Via The Africa Report, a look at Ethiopia’s plans to launch its first stock market in 50 years in 2024: Ethiopia is on track to launch its first stock market for 50 years in the middle of 2024, Brook Taye, director general of the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority, tells The Africa Report. The KPMG accounting […]
Read more »China, Turkmenistan Strengthen Cooperation
November 30th, 2023
Via South China Morning Post, an article on Chinese and Turkmen vows to strengthen cooperation on energy and security At a meeting in Ashgabat, Chinese vice-premier says relations have taken a ‘significant leap’ It comes as Beijing is trying to step up ties with its neighbours in resource-rich Central Asia China and Turkmenistan have pledged […]
Read more »The Horn Of Africa States: Is A Regional Bloc A Lost Cause?
November 30th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, rather sober commentary on the prospects for the Horn of Africa: It must certainly look that possibilities of a new regional block comprising the Horn of Africa States of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti are fading. Ethiopia recently applied to join the BRICS grouping and its admittance is expected to be official […]
Read more »Germany, Namibia Launch Research for Green Hydrogen Pilot Project
November 28th, 2023
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on a German and Namibian collaboration around green hydrogen: German material research institute, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), has announced a partnership with research agency the Namibia Green Hydrogen Institute (NGHRI) to conduct research on a hydrogen pilot plant and filling station, located near […]
Read more »Thailand Wants to Build a Brand New Shipping Route. Why Isn’t China Buying?
November 28th, 2023
Via the South China Morning Post, commentary on lagging Chinese interest in Thailand’s proposed infrastructure opportunity: The Land Bridge project, a proposed route for shipping that could bypass the Malacca Strait, is being shopped by the Thai government as it seeks financing If built, the bridge could reshape the economy of Southeast Asia – but […]
Read more »From Cape Coast To Ibadan, Africa’s Future Is In Its Second Cities
November 28th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the potential of Africa’s secondary cities: Frequently neglected by authorities, the continent’s second cities will nevertheless absorb a large part of its demographic transition. More agile than metropolises, they are changing the face of Africa. The secondary city is defined above all by what it is not: […]
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.