Breakaway Africa Region Seeks US Recognition With Base, Minerals
July 30th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Somaliland’s willingness to offer the US a military base at the entrance to the Red Sea and critical-minerals deals in its quest for international recognition as a sovereign state: Somaliland, which proclaimed independence from Somalia in 1991, is willing to offer the US a military base at the entrance to […]
Read more »Inside Africa’s New Cities: Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria Bet Big on Urban Mega Projects
July 30th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at – from Egypt’s sprawling New Administrative Capital to Kenya’s self-contained hub and Nigeria’s reclaimed lands – the companies shaping Africa’s future – and the enduring challenges of equitable growth: Africa’s fast-growing cities are defined by bold new projects, each aiming to address pressing urbanisation challenges. These developments, driven […]
Read more »Meet The Palestinian Cola Brands Taking On Coke
July 29th, 2025
Via Atmos, a report on the Palestinian cola brands taking on Coke: Coca-Cola is among the top global plastic polluters, with a water-intensive supply chain and ties to occupied land. Palestinian sodas claim to offer a more just, sustainable future—and they’re selling fast. In a video that circulated on social media last month, a British Airways flight […]
Read more »The U.S. Military Is Investing In Palau. So Is China.
July 29th, 2025
Via The Washington Post, a look at Koror, Palau, where the U.S. plans to expand the main harbor for its warships, and where officials worry a Chinese-owned hotel could be used for surveillance: The U.S. military will next year upgrade Palau’s main harbor, usually frequented by dive boats full of tourists heading to emerald lagoons, […]
Read more »Nepal: The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric
July 28th, 2025
Via The New York Times, a look at how subsidies, hydroelectricity and a manufacturing powerhouse neighbor are moving the cars into Nepal faster than almost anywhere else: The narrow streets of Kathmandu — sized for pedestrians and rickshaws — are choked with engines. Buses, motorbikes, small trucks and taxis fill the sprawling valley with horns […]
Read more »Trump Covets Rare Earth Riches, but Greenland Plans to Mine Its Own Business
July 27th, 2025
Via the Washington Post, a report on Greenland’s plan to mine its own business: It is hard to miss, the looming mass of dark rock at the top of the fjord. There are circling ravens and towering waterfalls, but not a green thing growing on the outcrop. A Mordor vibe. The fisherman cuts the engine. […]
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.