Archive for May, 2024

Africa Can’t Prosper Without Regional Trade

Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how strengthening the trade between African countries is a necessary first step toward equipping the continent to engage with the world economy on its own terms. For too long, Africa has been trading with others on terms that ensure its place at the bottom of the global value chain: Despite […]

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Addis Ababa Facelift Aims To Turn Historic Parts of City Into “Modern-Day Dubai”

Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Addis Ababa’s modernization drive: Addis Ababa is undergoing a major facelift as part of the Corridor Development Project to turn historic parts of the city into a “modern-day Dubai” – the consequences of attaining this dream means thousands are being displaced from their lifelong homes. In anticipation […]

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New Caledonia Unrest Deals Further Blow To Nickel Industry

Via The Asia Times, a report on the impact of recent riots and questions over New Caledonia’s stability on the nickel industry: Unrest in New Caledonia has compounded a crisis in the nickel industry of the French overseas territory, casting uncertainty over mining group Glencore’s attempt to divest from a major smelter there. The South […]

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Is It Time For Africa’s Green Hydrogen Revolution?

Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Africa’s green hydrogen industry: Although the continent has huge potential to produce ‘green gold’, only a few green hydrogen projects have reached the feasibility study and design phase, and without final investment decisions made. To decarbonise its economy, the European Union (EU) is banking on Africa’s potential […]

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Saudi Arabia Spending Big for a Place on the Gaming Map

Via Al Monitor, a report on Saudi Arabia’s efforts to gain a place on the gaming map: Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively with its investments in more gaming companies, the Canadian industry veteran steering the kingdom’s push to become a global hub for the sector told AFP Friday. The kingdom has already been spending heavily […]

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SIFC: Pakistan’s New Beacon Of Economic Revival

Via Eurasia Review, commentary on Pakistan’s new Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC): The establishment of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) on June 20, 2023, marks a significant step in Pakistan’s ongoing efforts to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and address its economic challenges. As a unified platform aimed at facilitating investors and streamlining decision-making […]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.