Island Nations Top Egypt as Best African Investment Destinations
August 6th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how Seychelles and Mauritius top a recent ranking of African investment destinations: South Africa’s ranking slips on slow growth, high unemployment Zimbabwe ranked least favored out of 31 nations listed by RMB Seychelles and Mauritius topped a ranking of African investment destinations, as the attractiveness of South Africa deteriorated because […]
Read more »Azerbaijan: The Petrostate Hosting This Year’s Global Climate Negotiations
August 5th, 2024
Via The New York Times, a look at Azerbaijan where the causes and effects of climate change are on vivid display and the painful trade-offs needed to fight it are acutely felt: In a few short months, diplomats from nearly all the world’s countries will descend on Azerbaijan, a small petrostate on the Caspian Sea, […]
Read more »Tunisia’s Green Hydrogen Pipe Dream?
August 4th, 2024
Via Africa Is A Country, commentary on how a proposed green hydrogen project in Tunisia prioritizes European energy needs over local sovereignty: In recent months, discussions about green hydrogen in Tunisia have dominated the media, particularly concerning the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on May 28, 2024, between TotalEnergies (a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company), […]
Read more »How Does Central Asia Cooperate With Iran to Access World Markets?
August 3rd, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on how the countries of Central Asia – particularly Uzbekistan – see an opportunity to diversity trade routes via Iran: Iran holds a pivotal role in bridging the geographically closed Central Asian region with the Middle East, South Asia, and the Caucasus, as well as Europe. As Uzbekistan’s economic growth […]
Read more »Cameroon Signs Bauxite Deal with Canyon Resources
August 1st, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on a new bauxite mining project in Cameroon: Cameroon on Tuesday signed a bauxite mining deal worth at least $2 billion with a subsidiary of Australia-based Canyon Resources (CAY.AX), opens new tab, as the central African nation seeks to become an upper middle-income country by 2035. Camalco, the Cameroonian subsidiary of […]
Read more »BP To Develop New Oil & Gas Fields In Iraq
August 1st, 2024
Via Al Monitor, a report on BP’s plans to develop new fields in Iraq: Iraq signed an agreement with British energy giant British Petroleum on Thursday to develop four oil and gas fields in the northern province of Kirkuk. A memorandum of understanding was signed by Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani and BP’s CEO […]
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.