Via Middle East Monitor, an article on the impact that Sudan’s war has had upon Gulf investments in the country: The ongoing fighting between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces threatens both Gulf food security and massive investment opportunities in the conflict area. Gulf states have invested tens of billions of dollars in […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, an article on increasing investment interest in West Africa: West Africa eurobonds on average saw better returns than peers China investment to region has surpassed East, Southern Africa Investors in West African countries are enjoying the best returns on the continent, and are shifting money flows to a region that’s performed well despite […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on the recent decision by BlackRock’s climate fund to buy Vestas’ stake in the Lake Turkana project, Africa’s largest wind farm: BlackRock continues to increase its stake in Africa’s largest wind farm, which has a generating capacity of 310MWh. Denmark’s Vestas Wind System, which has been keen to sell […]
Read more »Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an update on Cambodia’s Chinese-funded airport dreams: For years, an airport has been slated for construction in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, but all that exists are concrete fence posts across the razed farmlands of an indigenous community, cleared for a runway that may never get built. Remote Mondulkiri was an odd choice […]
Read more »Via Energy Daily, a report on Russian and Venezuelan plans to boost cooperation in energy, including nuclear: Anti-American allies Russia and Venezuela vowed to boost cooperation in oil and gas production and the “peaceful use of nuclear energy” at a meeting of foreign ministers in Caracas Tuesday. Russia’s Sergei Lavrov arrived in Venezuela late Monday from […]
Read more »Courtesy of Semafor, an article on Ethiopia’s bid to become an African medical tourism hub: Ethiopia hopes to reinvent its biggest city as an African medical tourism hub with a new $400 million hospital complex set to open next year. But the plan for a major for-profit hospital in a country with a health system […]
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