Indian Tycoon Ambani Sets Sights on Africa With Telecom Venture
May 28th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on India’s Reliance interest in Africa: Unit of Reliance helps build Ghana-based mobile provider Will provide support to launch 5G broadband services Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is set to enter Africa with a telecom venture, seeking to win mobile broadband customers in a high-growth market. Radisys Corp., a unit of Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries […]
Read more »India, Iran, and the Taliban’s Gamble on Chabahar
May 28th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on India, Iran, and the Taliban’s gamble on Chabahar: India is trying to breathe life into Iran’s long delayed Chabahar port. India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) and the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran signed a 10-year deal on May 13 that allows New Delhi to develop and operate the Iranian port […]
Read more »Croatia: Transforming Into An Emerging Tech Hub
May 28th, 2024
Via Dispatches Europe, a report on Croatia’s emerging tech sector: Croatia is not immune to the demographic problems that have long plagued this region, but these issues aren’t as straightforward as your basic brain drain. Am I saying that the only people who leave Croatia are unskilled? Of course not. Far from it. However, one […]
Read more »Gulf Cash Flowing Into Africa, But At What Price?
May 28th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how Gulf cash is flowing into Africa, buying assets and influence. But at what price? The UAE’s growing financial footprint in Africa makes it an increasingly important partner for its economic – and political – ambitions. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the Gulf to Africa has soared. […]
Read more »How Soda, Chocolate and Chewing Gum Are Funding War in Sudan
May 26th, 2024
Via the Wall Street Journal, a report on how a powerful militia and Sudan’s military both profit from trade in gum arabic, a common ingredient: Once a week, Muhamed Jaber drives down a bumpy road to the Sudanese city of El Obeid, the back of his truck heaving with bags full of amber-colored chunks of gum arabic, […]
Read more »How Mexico’s Cartels Infiltrated the Tortilla Business
May 26th, 2024
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how Mexico’s cartels are expanding beyond drugs, creating vast extortion networks. They’re shaking down a host of businesses, including producers of the tortilla: The shots rang out just before 10 a.m. A motorcyclist roared past a modest building behind the old railway station here, firing three times. […]
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.