Egypt: Promises of Prosperity Have Made The Country Flat Broke
August 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on how the coup leader-turned-president promised Egyptians prosperity, but the country is flat broke: Throughout much of the summer of 2013, Egypt was in the grips of what could be described as “Sisi-mania.” Songs, sandwiches, music videos, poems, and even pajamas paid tribute to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the military […]
Read more »On Track: Uganda Revives Colonial-Era Railway After Chinese Funds Fall Through
August 10th, 2023
Uganda’s government is revamping a 400-kilometer old railway line between Tororo in eastern Uganda, near the border with Kenya, and Gulu in the north, near South Sudan. The revamp, set to cost $55.4 million over the next two years, follows an agreement with the Chinese contractor China Road and Bridge Corporation. As reported by Rfi, Uganda […]
Read more »CPEC In The Shadow Of Balochistan’s Insurgency
August 10th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the persistent security issues that overhang CPEC’s success: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative aims to link China and Pakistan by oil and gas pipelines, railroads, and an optical fibre link that runs from Gwadar to Xinjiang. The project, which is the largest endeavour in China and Pakistan’s bilateral relations, […]
Read more »China’s Digital Diplomacy: Beaming Into Africa With Satellite TV
August 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Wire China, an interesting look at StarTimes, a Chinese-owned satellite TV company, which has 25M subscribers and is now Africa’s second-largest satellite TV service after South Africa’s MultiChoice: Visitors to the Mozambique town of Marracuene in southeastern Africa will notice two logos on the satellite dishes attached to local buildings: the first […]
Read more »Africa’s Critical Minerals Could Power America’s Green Energy Transition
August 9th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how President Biden’s IRA is shutting African countries out of supply chains for critical minerals when including them would be a strategic and diplomatic win: Few U.S. presidents have done as much as Joe Biden to strengthen ties with African nations. Last December, the president hosted nearly 50 […]
Read more »Grupo Bimbo: Cooking With Grease After Takis Fuego Launch
August 9th, 2023
Via Latinometrics, a look at Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo – a global baked goods multinational that has seen accelerated growth with its launch of an addictively delicious snack called Takis Fuego in the last decade: The average US citizen has never heard of Grupo Bimbo. And yet, it’s the largest bakery in the country through its operation […]
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.