In EV Revolution, Resource-Rich Global South Hopes To Turn Cash-Rich
February 26th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at Bolivia’s and Indonesia’s efforts to tell the Global North to give them a place on the EV value chain: As the U.S., Europe, China and Japan in the northern hemisphere race to put electric vehicles on roads by offering subsidies and building infrastructure, southern hemisphere nations rich in […]
Read more »Disney’s Magical Reimagining of Lagos
February 25th, 2024
Via Semafor, a look at Disney’s animated reimagining of Lagos: Iwaju/screenshot Iwaju, a limited animated series, will become Disney’s first feature set in Nigeria when it airs this week on the Disney+ streaming service. Imagining a Lagos where flying cars zoom over today’s crowded street markets, the project is co-produced by Disney and Kugali media, […]
Read more »What South African Rooibos Tea Can Tell Us About Africa-China Trade Flows
February 25th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on how the example of South Africa’s famous tea variety speaks to unfinished business in expanding African exports to China: Last month, China’s General Administration of Customs released its customs data for 2023. The data showed that China’s total trade with Africa grew a modest 1.5 percent in 2023, reaching $282.1 billion, but Africa’s […]
Read more »The CPKC Railway Line Linking Mexico, the United States and Canada
February 25th, 2024
Opened last year, a look at the CPKC railway line linking Mexico, the United States and Canada: Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) began operations, the first railway line that commercially links Mexico, the United States and Canada , with a route of more than 32,000 kilometers to through the main cities and ports of the three nations. […]
Read more »Fierce Demand is Leading Companies to Look for Tech Talent in Smaller Markets Like Bucharest and Hanoi
February 25th, 2024
Courtesy of Quartz, a look at 20 “emerging markets” where companies are searching for tech talent: Despite more than 30,000 layoffs in the tech industry so far this year, some markets are actually seeing the demand for tech talent surpass supply, leading companies around the world to search for talent in smaller, “emerging markets,” according to a new report. […]
Read more »Côte d’Ivoire’s Traders Brace for Sahel States’ Split from ECOWAS
February 25th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a report on the impact of the Sahel states split form ECOWAS on Cote d’Ivoire: More than 1.3 million Burkinabes and half a million Malians live in the Côte d’Ivoire thanks to ECOWAS freedom of movement, many of them running small businesses. They fear for their livelihoods and their right to […]
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.