5 Attractive Investment Destinations in Africa in 2024
January 3rd, 2024
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a look at 5 attractive investment destinations in Africa in 2024: On the back of growing global demand and with a largely untapped resource portfolio, Africa is on the cusp of transforming its energy sector. Foreign investors are eager to capitalize on diversified supply chains while efforts by African governments […]
Read more »Ivanhoe’s First Copper Arrives in Angola
January 3rd, 2024
Via WhyAfrica, a report on the arrival of Ivanhoe mines’ first shipment of copper concentrate from the Kamoa Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito in Angola: Ivanhoe mines’ first shipment of copper concentrate from the Kamoa Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic […]
Read more »Moldova’s Economy In Focus
January 3rd, 2024
Via Emerging Europe, a report on Moldova’s economy: Moldova faces a presidential election and a referendum on EU integration in 2024. Victory for the incumbent Maia Sandu and the pro-EU camp will be crucial to supporting the country’s growth. It’s difficult not to view the recent trajectory of Moldova as one of the most impressive […]
Read more »Ethiopia Offers Airline Stake to Somaliland for Sea Access
January 2nd, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report that Ethiopia offered Somaliland a stake in Ethiopian Airlines in return for sea access: Agreement will give Somaliland stake in Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia’s Hussein says details will be ironed out in a month Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, to gain access to the […]
Read more »Catching Rays: Latin America Purchasing Billons of Dollars of Chinese Solar Panels
January 2nd, 2024
Courtesy of Latinometrics, a look at Latin American’s significant investment in Chinese solar panels: In the last six years, Latin America has imported $26B — or almost twice the GDP of Nicaragua — worth of solar panels from China, the world’s leader in producing and selling them.
Read more »IMF Sees Mauritania Growth Almost Tripling on Gas Exports
January 2nd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on Mauritania’s economic growth: Growth forecast at 5.1% in 2024 and 14.3% in 2025 on gas yield Mauritania gas exports may offer alternative supply for Europe The International Monetary Fund expects Mauritania’s economic growth to almost triple in 2025 fueled by gas exports set to start in the second half of this year. Gross […]
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.