Syria To Reconnect With Global Economy After 14 Years As Pariah State
June 14th, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Syria’s plans to be relinked to Swift payment system after more than a decade of sanctions: Syria will be fully reconnected to the Swift international payment system “in a matter of weeks”, the country’s new central bank governor said, relinking the country to the global economy after […]
Read more »US Tariffs Threaten to Derail Vietnam’s Historic Industrial Boom
June 12th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a look at how an economic boom lifted 100 million Vietnamese out of poverty. Then came the Trump rug-pull: It’s been several weeks since US President Donald Trump declared his global trade war, but Dinh Ngoc Hien is still busy tending to her stream of customers. One by one, they pluck cigarettes, noodles, […]
Read more »Egypt’s Debt-Funded Megaprojects
June 11th, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, an article on Egypt’s debt-funded mega infrastructure projects: Earlier this month, Egypt unveiled plans to develop a new 1,680-acre desert city named Jirian. The massive initiative will see roughly 7 percent of the country’s annual Nile River quota rerouted from fertile delta regions via a human-made channel that winds through the city. It will […]
Read more »Transsion Wheels Into Africa’s EV Market
June 10th, 2025
Via Rest of World, a look at how the Chinese company behind 50% of Africa’s smartphone sales now wants to dominate its roads: Transsion, Africa’s smartphone leader, is rapidly expanding into the continent’s EV market. Africa’s EV market is estimated to reach $28 billion by 2030 from about $17 billion this year. Transsion has manufacturing […]
Read more »Minerals for Recognition: The Taliban’s Shadow Diplomacy
June 10th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on the Taliban’s use of mineral potential to help improve its diplomatic presence: Since the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s mineral and extractive industries have assumed growing strategic importance in the broader context of sustaining the country’s fragile economy. The abrupt loss of access to international financial assistance, the freezing […]
Read more »Africa’s New Power Player: UAE Rises as Leading Investor Across the Continent
June 9th, 2025
Via Voice of Africa, a report on growing UAE investment interest in Africa: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has significantly expanded its economic and strategic footprint across Africa, pouring billions of dollars into the continent over the past five years. With investments surpassing $110 billion between 2019 and 2023, the UAE has become Africa’s single largest […]
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.