Gulf Countries Becoming Major Players In Africa; Africa Hopes They Are The ‘New China’
March 14th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, an article on Gulf countries growing investment interest in Africa: Mining Indaba, Africa’s biggest mining conference, is a geological jamboree. But the latest bash, held in Cape Town in February, was also a geopolitical spectacle. For as well as the usual Chinese and Western firms there were arrivistes from the Gulf. Manara […]
Read more »Renewable Energy: Path to Afghanistan’s Economic Revival?
March 14th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how developing water, solar and wind power could reduce Afghanistan’s import of electricity from abroad and help it emerge a regional renewable energy hub: Afghanistan’s heavy reliance on international aid — in 2021 foreign aid comprised 75 percent of its total economy — has left it in a low equilibrium […]
Read more »Tanzania’s Richest Man Wants To Be Africa’s Biggest Farmer
March 14th, 2024
Courtesy of Forbes, a report on one man’s vision to transform Tanzania into an agribusiness powerhouse: Puffing on a nicotine vape and seated on a white leather chair in his $50 million home in Dubai, Mohammed “Mo” Dewji is waxing poetic about his plans to mechanize farming 2,500 miles away. “I want to make Africa, […]
Read more »Crickets, Anyone? Vietnamese Company Aims To Serve Up Insects In Singapore
March 14th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on a Vietnamese startup expecting to be first to get food made from insects onto store shelves in Singapore: A Vietnamese startup that farms crickets to make food is approaching Singapore a bit like New York: If they can it make there, the entrepreneurs at the company figure, they […]
Read more »America in Angola: How U.S. Companies are Driving Oil Production
March 14th, 2024
Via Energy, Capital & Power, a look at U.S. companies involved in Angola’s oil sector: With plans to increase oil production to 1.18 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024, Angola’s burgeoning hydrocarbons sector has created significant opportunities for global players. Boasting nine billion barrels of oil and 11 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, […]
Read more »Senegal’s Economic Reboot
March 14th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on Senegal, a nation which – with its population, oil windfall and infrastructure – technically has the resources to support its ambition to become the continent’s next economic powerhouse: With a gross domestic product set to grow by an average of 8.5% between now and 2029, alongside significant demographic […]
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.