Afghanistan Continues to Refine Its Extraction Strategy
January 11th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, an article on how the Taliban are gradually increasing revenue streams from resource extraction operations in an effort to minimize the impact of Western pressure: As the Taliban crack sharply down on non-governmental organizations and women’s rights, its government is gradually increasing revenue streams from resource extraction operations as it seeks to […]
Read more »US Doubles Down in Côte d’Ivoire as France Pulls Out
January 11th, 2025
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how the West African nation of Côte d’Ivoire is emerging as a regional hub for American investment as former colonial power France exits: Move over, France. As Côte d’Ivoire’s relations with its former colonial master have continued to deteriorate, culminating with last week’s decision to expel the 600 French […]
Read more »China, Congo Draw up a Road Map for Xi Jinping’s US$50 Billion Africa Investment Pledge
January 9th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, a report on China’s planned US$50B Africa investment pledge: China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, have formulated “a timetable and road map” for how President Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion funding commitment will go into African infrastructure projects over the next three years. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, made […]
Read more »What’s Behind Egypt and China’s ‘Golden Decade’ of Partnership
January 8th, 2025
Via the Atlantic Council, a report on Egypt and China’s ‘golden decade’ of partnership: The beginning of 2025 marked the end of the “Year of the Egyptian-Chinese Partnership” and closed out the “golden decade”: A ten-year period during which Egypt and China grew their bilateral relationship as part of their efforts to deepen their comprehensive […]
Read more »Fighting for a Share of a $1 Trillion Market in Borneo’s Jungle
January 8th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a look at how a range of actors from global leaders to Wall Street are betting the struggle toward net-zero targets will reignite the troubled trade in carbon offsets: From a five-storey high wooden watchtower, workers at one of the world’s largest carbon offsets projects can see in all directions: across grasslands studded […]
Read more »Emirati Billionaire To Invest $20B in U.S. Data Centers
January 8th, 2025
Via Reuters, an article on an Emirati billionaire’s plans to invest $20 bln in US data centers: Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani promised a $20 billion investment in the booming U.S. data center industry in the coming years, he and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday at Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida. With an […]
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.