Ethiopia To Set Up Large Data Centre Amid Reported Bitcoin Mining Surge
February 20th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on Ethiopia’s efforts to develop digital infrastructure: Ethiopia has signed a preliminary agreement to develop infrastructure for data mining and artificial intelligence training operations, the government’s strategic investment arm said. Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) initially said in a social media post on Thursday that a memorandum of understanding for a $250 […]
Read more »Bullish on “Incredible India”
February 20th, 2024
Courtesy of Emerging World, a compendium of thoughts around India’s place as the “next big thing in emerging markets”: Remember the “Incredible India” tourism campaign? It’s been more than two decades since the Ministry of Tourism launched it, and you’ve probably seen one of their slick ads on CNN International, or maybe Instagram or Youtube, or […]
Read more »China in the DRC
February 20th, 2024
Via Transcend Media Service, an article on China’s involvement in Congolese cobalt mining industry: Several weeks ago here I reviewed Siddharth Kara’s book “Cobalt Red, How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives ,” which describes horrific working conditions of “artisanal miners” in the cobalt mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Black Agenda Report then received […]
Read more »The New Tripartite Pact? China, Russia, and North Korea’s New Team Is Not Built to Last
February 20th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on why China, Russia, and North Korea’s new alliance is not build to last: North Korea has long been a source of instability, but a new development over the past year threatens to make things even worse: the country is teaming up with Russia. At a meeting in Pyongyang last July, […]
Read more »World’s Tallest Railway Bridge To Aid Kashmir’s Growth
February 20th, 2024
Via SciDevNet, a look at the impact that the world’s newest, tallest railway bridge will have upon Kashmir’s growth: The Chenab Bridge is the world’s tallest railway bridge, and is expected to boost the economy of one of India’s poorest regions. Copyright: Numan Bhat Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir eyes economic boost as bridge […]
Read more »Ghana Eyes Local Iron Ore Processing to Boost Economy
February 20th, 2024
Via Semafor, a report on Ghana’s ambitions to develop a local iron ore processing capability: Ghana aims to process its iron ore locally by 2027 for steel production to boost economic growth, a government document seen by Semafor Africa shows. It is part of a continent-wide push to add more value to natural resources at […]
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.