Pakistan: The Rooftop Energy Revolution No One Knew About
September 17th, 2024
Via Exponential View, thoughtful commentary on Pakistan’s silent energy transformation which offers a glimpse into the future of economic development, geopolitics and more: For Ksenia Alleyne, a gas trader at commodities house Gunvor, 2022 might have been a bumper year. Through meticulous and aggressive execution of her team’s gas trades, Gunvor’s profit swelled to a record […]
Read more »Ethiopia Signals Stock Market Launch In Mid?November
September 17th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on Ethiopia’s plans to launch the country’s first stock market since the 1970s in mid November: Ethiopia is on track to launch the country’s first stock market since the 1970s around the middle of November, says Hana Tehelku, the new head of the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA). Final […]
Read more »Uzbekistan To Start Processing Afghan Crude As Taliban Attempt Oil Revival
September 15th, 2024
Via S&P Global, a report on plans for Uzbekistan to start processing Afghan crude as Taliban attempt an oil revival: Fergana refinery to process volumes shipped across border Energy crisis prompts upstream push by Taliban government Iranian shortages seen worsening Afghan fuel problems Uzbek oil refiner Saneg has struck a deal to process a first batch […]
Read more »Chinese Firms To Build Namibia’s Largest Solar Power Plant
September 15th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on plans that will see Chinese firms build Namibia’s largest solar power plant: Namibia’s state-owned power utility NamPower on Monday said it had signed a contract with two Chinese firms to start building the country’s largest solar power plant. The southern African country is a net importer of electricity, relying on […]
Read more »Lobito Corridor: Illustrates Lack of American Imagination in Africa
September 15th, 2024
Via the Pan African Review, critical commentary on the Lobito Corridor: “This is a project that will showcase the American model of development.” These were the words of US ambassador to Angola, Tulinabo Mushingi, when he spoke to the Financial Times on the subject of a new $10bn US-funded rail investment in the country. At a time […]
Read more »Toyota Land Cruiser, and The Rise and Fall of the 21st-Century African State
September 15th, 2024
For Pan African Review, Charles Onyango-Obbo traces the emergence and rise in the popularity of Toyota vehicles in Africa to the ideological shift in early independence days, the 1987 Chadian–Libyan War and now the ongoing Sudan conflict. He notes that the Toyota brand became a symbol of power and prestige to the ruling elite, against […]
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.