Laundering Carbon—The Gulf’s ‘New Scramble for Africa’?
August 13th, 2024
Via International Viewpoint, critical commentary on the Gulf’s involvement in African carbon offset projects: In early November 2023, shortly before the COP28 summit opened in Dubai, a hitherto obscure UAE firm attracted significant media attention around news of their prospective land deals in Africa Kenyatta Ngusilo (C), a member of the Ogiek community, watches as […]
Read more »China Drives African Lithium Surge to Lock in Key Battery Metal
August 13th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how Chinese miners and refiners are driving a surge in African lithium output: African mines projected to account for 14% of supply by 2028 West is lagging behind China in securing critical minerals Chinese miners and refiners are driving a surge in African lithium output, shrugging off concerns over a […]
Read more »The Sleepy Czech Town Helping Europe Compete in the Global Chip War
August 13th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on a $2 billion investment by a US company which promises to create a tech hub in the Czech Republic and help modernize the country’s stagnating economy: The Czech town of Roznov pod Radhostem was best known for its rum-drizzled sweet pies and an open-air museum showing off historical wooden houses. […]
Read more »Philippines’ Biggest Fast-Food Brand Has Fresh Plans To Challenge Starbucks
August 13th, 2024
Via Forbes, an article on how Billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong’s Jollibee Foods, run by his brother Ernesto Tanmantiong, is spending big to expand its coffee sales around the world: Jollibee Foods has long-sought the turf of American icon, Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee giant with over 39,000 stores worldwide. The listed operator’s popular fast-food chain Jollibee already […]
Read more »TotalEnergies’ Pakistan Exit Stirs Corporate Exodus Fears
August 13th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on TotalEnergies’ Pakistan exit, the latest Western multinational to quit crisis-hit Asian nation France’s TotalEnergies has joined a growing list of Western multinationals slashing their exposure to Pakistan, in the latest blow for the economy in crisis. At least nine companies, including Norwegian telecom Telenor and Shell Oil, have announced […]
Read more »Is India on the Way to Number Three?
August 12th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy In Focus, a look at how – with one million people turning 18 each month – India stands on the precipice of a demographic dividend—or disaster: The rise of India has reshaped regional and global landscapes over the past decade. Since Narendra Modi stormed to power in 2014, India’s economy has advanced […]
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.