Pakistan’s Military Wants To Kickstart Nation’s Green Revolution
January 9th, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on how Pakistan’s armed forces are seen by some as crucial to attracting foreign investment into a key portion of a beleaguered economy: Pakistan sees farming potential amid the rolling sand dunes of Punjab’s Cholistan desert. Here, in the South Asian nation’s vast central plains, the government plans to lease […]
Read more »Affirma Gets $145 Million Zambia Power Deal After Threefold Gain
January 9th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on a US$145M power deal supply the biggest Congo, Zambia mines: Copperbelt Energy supplies among biggest Congo, Zambia mines Region is an increasingly important source of critical metals Affirma Capital closed a $145 million deal that gives it a direct stake in a key supplier of power to some of the […]
Read more »Scramble for the Sahel – Why France, Russia, China and the U.S. Are Interested in the Region
January 9th, 2024
Via The Conversation, a look at geopolitical and investment interest in the Sahel: The Sahel, a region 3,860km wide located south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African continent, has been a focus of attention around the world recently. In the last decade, issues such as terrorism, insecurity and trafficking have characterised the region. Military takeovers have been a […]
Read more »China’s Qinghai Province Has an Ocean of Solar Power, But Nowhere to Store It
January 9th, 2024
Courtesy of Caixin Global, an article on western China’s Qinghai province and its considerable solar potential: High on the Tibetan Plateau in western China’s Qinghai province, a sea of solar panels stretches out across 345 square kilometers, making it the world’s largest photovoltaic power park. With another nearly 265 square kilometers of new panels set […]
Read more »African Nations Dominate Top 10 Economic Growth Spots in 2024
January 9th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on African nations’ economic prospects in 2024: IMF sees African nations filling six of top 10 growth spots Heavyweights South Africa and Nigeria also forecast to pick up Africa faces economic headwinds this year, but some of the continent’s brightest sparks are shading it in a more hopeful light. Six of […]
Read more »Maldives President Courts Chinese as Indian Ties Sag
January 9th, 2024
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on Maldives’ interest in Chinese investment: New Maldives president in China ahead of any visit to India Maldivian president Muizzu set to meet China’s Xi Jinping Muizzu to seek more Chinese investment, trade, tourists World Bank warns “lack of domestic investment opportunities” At an “Invest Maldives” forum in a southern […]
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.