Dubai Investments Enters Angola with Mixed-Use Development
January 18th, 2024
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on Dubai Investments interest in Angola: UAE-based multi-asset investment group, Dubai Investments, has announced plans to develop an integrated residential, commercial and industrial hub in Angola. The project – Dubai Investments Park (DIP) – represents the company’s first in Africa and will be built on 2,000 hectares in the […]
Read more »The Politics of Green Hydrogen Cooperation in North Africa
January 17th, 2024
Via EnergyCentral, a report on the politics of North Africa’s green hydrogen industry in Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania: Europe’s growing interest in securing green hydrogen from North Africa is part of a strategic effort to enhance its energy security. The promise of green hydrogen projects in Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania is substantial, offering economic growth […]
Read more »South Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Renewable Energy Leader
January 17th, 2024
Via Semafor, an interesting look at sub-Saharan Africa’s renewable energy generation prospects, illuminating South Africa’s commanding lead: South Africa will produce nearly half of sub-Saharan Africa’s renewable energy generation capacity over the next half decade, the International Energy Agency estimates. Most of the 64 gigawatts of renewables in the region are expected to come from […]
Read more »Bolivia’s Gold Presence
January 17th, 2024
Courtesy of Latinometrics, a report on Bolivia’s growing impact in the global gold market: The Spanish Empire may have hoped to reach Asia when they landed on the shores of the Americas in the late fifteenth century, but they stayed upon realizing that this “new” land they had discovered was packed to the brim with […]
Read more »Korea Turns To Africa As China Tightens Graphite Export Curbs
January 17th, 2024
Via The Korea Times, a report on Korea’s efforts to boost ties with Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar in its search for critical minerals: Korean companies and the government are shifting their focus to Africa from China to secure graphite, as Beijing attempts to control exports of the core mineral for rechargeable batteries next month, according […]
Read more »How To Launch A Chinese Smartphone In Mexico
January 17th, 2024
Via Rest of World, an interesting brief on efforts to guide Infinix’s Mexico expansion, facing off against Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo: Antonio Tercero is country manager in Mexico for Infinix, a Chinese-owned smartphone brand that launched in Latin America in 2022. For decades, Infinix’s parent company, Transsion, has been one of the top-selling smartphone companies in […]
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.