Young Zambians Want To Make Lusaka An African Animation Hub
July 16th, 2023
Courtesy of Semafor, a look at efforts to make Zambia an African animation hub: When Netflix launches Supa Team 4, its first-ever original African animated series, it will be a significant milestone for young Zambian animators who have turned the southern African country into an unheralded animation hub. Supa Team 4 was created by Lusaka-based […]
Read more »Honduras Explores Chinese Interest in Investing in $20 Billion Rail Line
July 15th, 2023
Via US News, a report that Honduras is exploring Chinese interest in investing in a $20B rail project: The Honduran government on Friday told Chinese officials it is seeking investors to help fund construction of a proposed $20 billion rail line connecting the country’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, part of a binational trade and investment […]
Read more »Trading Chickens for a Fragile State
July 15th, 2023
Via The National Interest, a look at South Africa’s poultry crisis and how trade practices promulgated in North America, Europe, and the UK have a stake in the outcome, beyond the chicken trade, not just for South Africa but many other developing nations as well: Africa is littered with the economic debris of predatory trade […]
Read more »China’s Transition From the Belt and Road to the Global Development Initiative
July 15th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at China’s transition from the Belt and Road to the Global Development Initiative: Even as China’s Belt and Road Initiative gears up to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it is fading from prominence. In its place is the new Global Development Initiative (GDI). Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the concept […]
Read more »e&, Orange Weighing Bids for 45% Stake In Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom
July 13th, 2023
Emirates Telecommunications Group (the e&) and France’s Orange are exploring opportunities to secure a 45% stake in Ethiopia’s state-owned telecom operator, reports Data Center Dynamics. The Ethiopian government has for years been looking to sell a stake in Ethio Telecom, which boasts over 70 million subscribers. It invited bids last November. Orange operates in 18 countries […]
Read more »Senegal’s Strong Growth
July 13th, 2023
Via Semafor, a reminder of Senegal’s strong economic growth: Senegal’s economy is projected to grow by up to 5.3% this year boosted by its emerging oil and gas sector, said the International Monetary Fund this week. Despite facing challenges including “spillovers from the war in Ukraine, tighter financing conditions, and increased political instability in the […]
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.