Mauritania and Morocco’s Historic Deal to Launch Nouakchott Stock Exchange
April 27th, 2025
Via Middle East Monitor, a report on Mauritania and Morocco’s historic deal to launch a Nouakchott stock exchange: In a major step toward financial modernisation and regional integration, Mauritania and Morocco have signed a landmark agreement to establish the country’s first stock exchange in Nouakchott. The deal, signed on Thursday between the Central Bank of […]
Read more »Why Somalia’s Oil Deal with Turkiye is Facing Growing Backlash
April 27th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on why Somalia’s oil deal with Turkiye is facing growing backlash: Billed as a win-win for development, the pact has ignited sharp criticism, with opponents arguing it grants Ankara outsized control and chips away at Mogadishu’s sovereignty. Turkiye’s ambitions in the Horn of Africa have taken a significant leap […]
Read more »Leading the Charge: How a Drive for Electric Vehicles is Cleaning up Nepal
April 25th, 2025
Via The Guardian, a look at how growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ lives: In a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu, the remains of a dozen electric trolley buses stand abandoned and corroding. Caked in dust and bird-droppings and lined with rubbish, they are a reminder of a […]
Read more »Africa’s Silicon Valley? Djibouti Goes Digital
April 25th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on Djibouti which is going digital with 10 submarine cables: Undersea telecom cables run to Djibouti for the same reason that eight big powers came here to put up military bases – the strategic location. The country has been investing in digital infrastructure and sees itself as a springboard […]
Read more »Aramco and Alpha MBM Push UAE Oil Power in Uganda and Kenya
April 24th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on UAE’s growing oil influence in East Africa: Refiners, strategic oil stores… While traditional partners hesitate, Emirati firms are fast-tracking energy investment across East Africa. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is strengthening foreign policy to build influence in East Africa and countries along the Red Sea as it secures […]
Read more »Can Nigeria Trump-Proof Its Economy
April 24th, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, an article on how Nigeria is looking to other African nations to help it diversify its markets: Nigeria signed a minerals deal with South Africa last Thursday as it seeks to diversify from oil, which currently accounts for around 90 percent of Abuja’s exports. According to the pact, the two countries will share […]
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.