Mongolia Enters Global Space Industry with Cubesat Launch
March 7th, 2024
Via Capacity Media, a report on Mongolia’s entrance into the global space race: Mongolia has entered the global space industry with the launch of its first satellites The news marks the deployment of two low-earth-orbit nano satellites that launched into space aboard Space-X’s Falcon-9 rocket from its Vandenberg Space Force Base launch site in California. […]
Read more »Debt, Inflation, Currency Crisis: Can Egypt Awake From Its Economic Nightmare?
March 7th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Egypt’s economic crisis: With the pound at rock bottom, hyperinflation and colossal debt, Cairo is sinking into a deep economic crisis. As the Middle East conflict indirectly affects one of its main sources of income, it’s time to take a closer look at the acute pressures on […]
Read more »China’s Latin American Investments Downshift To Smaller, More Strategic Projects
March 6th, 2024
Via China Strategy, a look at China’s Latin American investment strategy: Margaret Myers, one of the study’s main researchers and director of its Asia and Latin America programme, said that the years of large, high-risk projects have led to a reorganisation of priorities in Beijing. She believes that the Chinese economic slowdown has led several […]
Read more »Africa Needs China For Its Digital Development, But At What Price?
March 6th, 2024
Via The Conversation, a report on China’s role in advancing Africa’s digital future: Digital technologies have many potential benefits for people in African countries. They can support the delivery of healthcare services, promote access to education and lifelong learning, and enhance financial inclusion. But there are obstacles to realising these benefits. The backbone infrastructure needed […]
Read more »North Korea’s Economy In Retrograde
March 6th, 2024
Via East Asia Forum, commentary on North Korea’s economy: In 2023, North Korea intensified its political and economic development. Pyongyang is going back to its historical roots, dedicating economic resources to the heavy industries where it has a comparative advantage. Although Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un pays lip-service to the idea of raising living standards, the […]
Read more »A Silk Road along the Milky Way? Why China Is Giving Satellites to Egypt.
March 6th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at how China – to expand its geopolitical influence around the globe – has embarked on multiple projects to shape the landscape of satellites and space infrastructure to its own benefit and become a more influential player in space exploration. These projects include launching its own satellites, building an alternative […]
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.