DP World: The UAE firm Taking Over Africa’s Ports
October 29th, 2023
Via BBC, a report on DP World, the UAE firm taking over Africa’s ports: A multimillion-dollar deal signed between Emirati maritime giant DP World and Tanzania on Sunday looks set to further entrench the dominance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Africa’s freight industry. Reports of the $250m (£205m) deal first emerged in July, […]
Read more »Ghana Plunged Into Darkness Amid Country’s Economic Woes
October 29th, 2023
Via CNN, a report on Ghana’s power woes: Large swaths of Ghana are facing power blackouts due to gas shortages at a major power facility, the nation’s power operator said, compounding the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. “Limited gas supply” at a power installation in Tema, located east of the Ghanian capital, Accra, has […]
Read more »India’s Quest To Become The Next Whisky Superpower
October 27th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on India’s quest to be the next whisky superpower: India now accounts for almost one in every two bottles of whisky sold in the world. The planet’s most populous country also recently leapfrogged France to become the world’s biggest market for Scotch. The country is a big […]
Read more »Dispute Over Congo Lithium Heats Up With Dueling Claims
October 27th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an update on a long-running dispute over one of the world’s largest lithium deposits in the DRC: Zijin announces new venture with country to explore deposits Australia’s AVZ argues area in question belongs to it A long-running dispute over one of the world’s largest hard-rock lithium deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
Read more »Indonesia Fast-Tracks Its Electric Vehicle Ambitions
October 27th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at Indonesia’s efforts to fast track its EV ambitions: Leaping up from his chair, Rachmat Kaimuddin begins to sketch out on a whiteboard the various stages of the complex supply chain for electric vehicles (EVs). From his office in the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Indonesia’s point […]
Read more »From EVs to Digital, South Korea Bags Deals in Tense Middle East
October 27th, 2023
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at the results of a recent South Korea business-focused trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar: South Korea is strengthening business and economic ties in the Middle East, signing deals for electric vehicle manufacturing, digital development, energy, infrastructure and shipbuilding as it seeks fresh opportunities in a region it heavily […]
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.