Can The Voluntary Carbon Market Save the Amazon?
September 25th, 2024
Via The Economist, a report on entrepreneurs in Brazil who are betting big on planting trees: A tractor with a subsoiler loosens the earth and carves out deep holes. A dozen men follow, dropping tree seedlings into them. This industrious scene in a deforested part of the Amazon is more reminiscent of the paper-and-pulp industry than […]
Read more »Gabon: US Invites Gabon Coup Leader To Discuss Transition
September 25th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on recent U.S. invitation to Gabon’s leader for talks: The United States Joe Biden administration has formally invited Gabon coup leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to Washington to discuss a return to civilian rule, The Africa Report has learned. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell extended the invitation during his trip to Gabon, Ghana and Senegal last month. In […]
Read more »Why Is Saudi Arabia Investing $5bn In Egypt?
September 25th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on Saudi Arabia’s growing influence in Egypt through its Public Investment Fund, which is driven by both economic and geopolitical motivations: Egypt’s announcement last week that it is set to receive $5bn in funding from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to “boost bilateral relations” was light on detail, […]
Read more »Mexico’s Data Center Industry Is Booming: But Are Droughts and Blackouts The Price Communities Must Pay?
September 25th, 2024
Via The Guardian, an article on how many Mexicans fear the arrival of tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the state of Querétaro because they will place too much of a strain on scarce water and electricity resources: In a nondescript building in an industrial park in central Mexico, cavernous rooms hold stack […]
Read more »Ethiopia: Abiy’s ‘Elite?Led’ Transformation of Addis
September 25th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed’s quest to beautify the capital Addis Ababa: For the past few months, Addis Ababa has resembled a building site. Construction workers are tearing down old buildings, digging up roads and laying foundations, while machinery hammers through the night, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed forges ahead with an […]
Read more »What Does Hungary’s Viktor Orban Want in Africa?
September 24th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, an article on Hungary’s leader’s argument that sending troops to Chad will slow migration, but he seems to be seeking security partnerships in exchange for lucrative minerals: Hungary is set to deploy about 200 troops to Chad, ostensibly in an effort to fight terrorism and curb illegal migration to Europe. Hungary, a member […]
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.