Rush for Lithium in Africa Risks Fueling Corruption and Failing The Continent’s Citizens
November 22nd, 2023
Via Global Witness, critical commentary on the rush for lithium in Africa: Efforts to address the global climate emergency are leading to an increased demand for renewable energy technology, particularly in the Global North, including electric vehicles and the batteries required to power them. Africa is one of the new frontiers in a race for […]
Read more »São Tomé and Príncipe in 2024: Economic Overview
November 22nd, 2023
Via The Business Year, a look at how São Tomé and Príncipe, Africa’s most progressive micro-state, is set to kickstart its economic engine in 2024. An African democracy enjoying a high degree of political stability and freedom, São Tomé and Príncipe is an island country located in the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Central […]
Read more »Is Indonesia Set To Become An Economic Superpower?
November 19th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on Indonesia’s economic prospects: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo is a man in a hurry. Accompanied by a vast retinue of cabinet ministers, his chef, and 100 chief executives he has travelled to the heart of Borneo’s rainforest to oversee his audacious plan to build a new capital there. In […]
Read more »Saudi Fund for Development Signs Two Framework MoUs for Caribbean Infrastructure and Energy Projects
November 19th, 2023
Via BusinessWire, a report on a the Saudi Fund for Development’s two new MoUs with Caribbean nations: The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Officer, H.E. Sultan Al-Marshad, signed today two developmental Framework Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with the governments of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. The signing took […]
Read more »Serbia Signs Natural Gas Deal With Azerbaijan
November 19th, 2023
Via Balkan Insight, an article on a new gas deal that will help Serbia achieve its strategic goal of diversifying supplies and strengthen its position as a transit country for gas supplies to Central Europe: Serbia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement in Baku on Wednesday under which some 400 million cubic meters of gas from […]
Read more »Thailand Pitches Investors on Old Idea of Southeast Asia Shipping Route Shortcut
November 19th, 2023
Via Time, an article on Thailand’s interest in reviving an old idea of a southeast Asia shipping route shortcut: Since attaining the premiership in August, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has branded himself the nation’s chief “salesman,” traveling around the world to court foreign investments to boost Thailand’s stagnant economy. This week, as global leaders descend on San […]
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.