China Spent Millions On A New Trade Route – Then A War Got In The Way
September 20th, 2024
Via BBC, a report on the uncertain fate of China’s ambitious plan to connect its landlocked southwest to the Indian Ocean via Myanmar: “One village, two countries” used to be the tagline for Yinjing on China’s south-western edge. An old tourist sign boasts of a border with Myanmar made of just “bamboo fences, ditches and […]
Read more »New $90 Billion World Bank Plan to Electrify Africa Gets Underway
September 20th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on a new $90 Billion World Bank plan to electrify Africa: Mission 300 aims to bring electricity to 300 million Africans Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP to help assess proposed projects A plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, backed by an initial pledge of $30 billion from the World Bank and […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s New Brand Has New Myths
September 20th, 2024
Saudi Arabia isn’t just physically transforming itself; the kingdom is also telling its people — and the world — a new story about itself in order to build a modern national identity as reported in Semfor: Expensive skyscrapers, shopping malls, and freeways are being carved out of the red-gold sands of the desert, as Saudi Arabia’s […]
Read more »The Rise of VietJet, Explained
September 20th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on VietJet, the Vietnamese budget carrier which recently announced the acquisition of a $7.4 billion fleet of Airbus widebody aircraft: Low-cost Philippine airline Cebu Pacific recently announced it had signed a preliminary deal to acquire up to 152 new aircraft from Airbus at a cost of around $24 billion. It […]
Read more »Gold-Rich Sudan Talks Mining With Russia as War Alliances Shift
September 20th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on Sudan: North African nation has been mired in conflict for 17 months US President Joe Biden has called for an end to the fighting Gold-rich Sudan discussed boosting cooperation in the mining sector with Russia, as Moscow strengthens ties with the North African nation’s military-led government amid a 17-month civil […]
Read more »Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition: Must Not Just Be More of the Same
September 19th, 2024
Via the Wilson Center, commentary on Indonesia’s energy transition plans: While standing on the banks of the Mahakam River in Samarinda on the island of Borneo, I watched an unending parade of coal barges sail slowly down the river. I was here in East Kalimantan to give a presentation at the Vulnerable Deltas Workshop—a joint […]
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.