Strong Regional Value Chains: Vital For Next Chapter of China-Africa Economic Partnership
July 2nd, 2024
Via CNBCAfrica, commentary on why strong regional value chains will be vital to the next chapter of China and Africa’s economic relationship: Over the last 20 years, China has become sub-Saharan Africa’s largest bilateral trading partner. Around 20% of the region’s exports now go to China and about 16% of Africa’s imports come from China, according […]
Read more »World’s Largest eSports Competition Cements Saudi Arabia’s Position As Gaming Epicenter
July 2nd, 2024
Via CNN, a look at Saudi Arabia’s growing leadership role in global gaming: The inaugural Esports World Cup is set to showcase the power of competitive gaming to the world and propel Saudi to the top of this booming sector. The rise of esports With a worldwide fanbase of 530 million, esports, the blend of […]
Read more »Is Laos Planning to Sell Off More of Its Energy Sector to China?
July 2nd, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Laos’ power utility’s recent curious dealings with a prominent local conglomerate suggest that something is afoot: What is happening at Électricité du Laos (EDL), Laos’ badly indebted state-run energy utility? Up until early 2021, it owned a three-quarters stake in the EDL-Generation Public Company (EDL-Gen), a publicly listed […]
Read more »‘Every place I go, it’s all about China’: Former US Diplomats Sound Alarm on Africa
July 2nd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on concerns about U.S. engagement with Africa:, where many experts are warning that the United States will continue to fall behind China in Africa unless Washington prioritizes the continent: Four ex-assistant secretaries of state for African Affairs, whose combined service spanned seven decades and 12 presidents, gathered together on […]
Read more »No Bull: Texas Is Helping Transform Africa’s Livestock Industry
July 2nd, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Texan know-how and cattle genetics is transforming Botswana’s livestock sector: Botswana wants to double its cattle herd and turn a nation of communal ranchers into a global export powerhouse. The United States’ Cowboy Country can help. In Dallas, US, for the annual US-Africa Business Summit last month, […]
Read more »Ports, Farmland, Contracts: What is UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed Seeking in Africa?
July 1st, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at the UAE’s growing interest in Africa: In just a decade, Mohamed bin Zayed, also known as the ‘Gulf Hawk’, and his close associates, have turned the UAE into a key player on the African continent, largely due to his financial power. His influence causes imbalances, especially in the […]
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.