How To Unleash African Capital
April 29th, 2025
Via The Economist, commentary on Djibouti: Djibouti, a country of just over a million people on the African side of the Red Sea’s Bab el-Mandab strait, is blessed with neither mineral resources nor agricultural land. But it does have two things: a unique geographic location at a chokepoint of global maritime trade, and political stability. […]
Read more »China’s Guangzhou Port Starts Shipping Route To Peru
April 29th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on growing logistics connections between China and Peru: China’s Guangzhou Port, the largest shipping hub in the country’s south, opened a direct route to Chancay port in Peru on Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, a move it said would reduce logistics costs and bolster trade with Latin America. Located north of […]
Read more »The Mauritius Economic Miracle Is Losing Its Sheen
April 29th, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on the economy of Mauritius: The Mont Choisy Golf and Beach Estate in the north of Mauritius was once a vast swathe of sugarcane, the centuries-old basis of the island’s economy. Where African slaves and Indian indentured labourers used to toil, French and South African pensioners now mull over the merits […]
Read more »Tourism and the Maldivian Economy: Fragile Growth, Strategic Risks, and Policy Imperatives
April 28th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the Maldivian economy where tourism generates almost half of the Maldives tax and non-tax revenues: The Republic of Maldives was in the news as the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives scolded former President Nasheed for publicly supporting a resolution in the United Nations that asked for peace in Ukraine […]
Read more »Can Europe Compete in Africa’s New Great Game?
April 28th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Monitor, commentary on Europe’s ability to compete in Africa’s new Great Game: In the aftermath of decolonization, Europe’s engagement with Africa was largely shaped by a developmental ethos rooted in normative ideals—shared values, democracy promotion, and human rights. For decades, European policy focused on capacity-building and humanitarian aid while avoiding direct political or […]
Read more »Syria’s Warlords Have a Daunting Rebuilding To-Do List
April 27th, 2025
Via The Economist, a look at how – in Syria – ousting Assad may turn out to have been easier than rebuilding the country: For miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ruins. Part of this razed moonscape was once […]
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.