When The Saudis Set Their Sights On Africa
November 26th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on Saudi Arabia’s intentions to take a stronger economic stance in Africa – defending its place on the international stage while securing its future in the post-oil era: Tens of billions in investments over the next decade: this is the promise Saudi Arabia has made to Africa. In late […]
Read more »Tuna Boats at Heart of $2 Billion Mozambique Scandal Up for Sale
November 25th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report that the tuna fishing fleet at the center of a $2 billion corruption scandal, which scuttled Mozambique’s economy and triggered court cases across three continents, is up for auction: Most of the boats have never gone fishing in a decade The scandal ended in default and sank the nation’s economy The […]
Read more »Masdar and Silk Road Fund Sign Co-investment Agreement for Renewable Energy Projects
November 25th, 2024
Via Masdar, an article on growing investment ties between the UAE and China: Silk Road Fund intends to invest up to RMB 20 billion (equivalent to USD 2.8 billion) in projects alongside Masdar Collaboration will focus on projects primarily in the developing world and global south Aligns with Silk Road Fund’s goal to provide investment […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Targets Growth With Expansion To Its Capital
November 25th, 2024
Via CNN, a report on Uzbekistan’s growth plans: This render depicts New Tashkent District 1. The 6,000-hectare (15,000 acre) site will be the first development phase of Uzbekistan’s capital expansion. Cross Works About five million people live and work in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, making it the largest city in the country, and one of the most populous […]
Read more »Banker, Princess, Warlord: The Many Lives of Syria’s First Lady
November 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist’s 1843 Magazine, a look at how a girl from west London became the unlikely winner of Syria’s war: Last summer a photograph of Syria’s First Lady circulated on social media. At the time, government troops in north-west Syria were battering the last pockets of rebel resistance to the regime. The picture […]
Read more »Ecuador: The World’s Newest Narco State
November 24th, 2024
Via The Economist, a report on how drugs transformed Ecuador from a Latin American success story into a war zone: Resting on a crest of highland overlooking Ecuador’s Pacific coast, Los Bajos is a squalid collection of rough brick homes interspersed with the occasional slot casino. A jungle-clad hill looms over the town; vultures wheel above the unlit […]
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.