UAE Sets the Pace for Gulf Investments in Africa’s Mining Sector
May 26th, 2024
Via African Critical Minerals, a look at how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a major player in Africa’s critical minerals sector, driven by the global shift towards clean energy and the need to diversify its economic portfolio. The UAE has made significant investments in Africa’s mining sector, particularly in copper-rich Zambia and […]
Read more »With Iran Port Deal, India To Expand Central Asia Trade, Counter China
May 26th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on India’s efforts to expand Central Asian trade while countering China via its Chabahar Port agreement: India’s signing of a 10-year contract this month to develop and operate the strategic Iranian port of Chabahar — which is seen as a gateway to landlocked Afghanistan and energy-rich Central Asia — could […]
Read more »Africa Can’t Prosper Without Regional Trade
May 26th, 2024
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 […]
Read more »Addis Ababa Facelift Aims To Turn Historic Parts of City Into “Modern-Day Dubai”
May 24th, 2024
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 […]
Read more »New Caledonia Unrest Deals Further Blow To Nickel Industry
May 24th, 2024
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 […]
Read more »Is It Time For Africa’s Green Hydrogen Revolution?
May 24th, 2024
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 […]
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.