Trump Opens Trade Finance Spigot for American Deals in Western Sahara
September 28th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on the fact that US lenders DFC and EXIM have received the green light to back American investment in the disputed territory: The Donald Trump administration says it will start assisting American companies looking to invest in Western Sahara, delivering on a promise made five years ago when the US president […]
Read more »Trinidad and Tobago Face Crossroads As Oil Runs Out
September 26th, 2025
Via The Guardian, a report on how Trinidad and Tobago face a crossroads as oil runs out: In 1930, Trinidad and Tobago produced more than 40% of the British empire’s oil. By the 1970s, the newly independent republic was producing 278,000 barrels of crude oil a day. For a country of just 1 million people, after the collapse of […]
Read more »In Senegal’s Shadow, The Gambia Still Waits In Hope For Oil
September 25th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at The Gambia’s petroleum dreams: Caught between its next-door neighbour’s oil boom and its own string of dry wells, The Gambia, one of Africa’s smallest nations, has seen oil become as much about politics and perception as geology. For more than a decade, The Gambia has chased the prospect of black […]
Read more »Africa’s Forgotten Battleground in the US-China Tech War
September 24th, 2025
Via Semafor, a report on Africa’s forgotten battleground in the US-China tech war: Of all the battlegrounds in Washington’s technology war with Beijing, the Great Rift Valley may be the most beautiful. Rolling green hills stretch for miles against the backdrop of a bright blue sky, punctuated only by white clouds hovering over the highest […]
Read more »China Bets on Morocco To Lead Africa’s Electric Energy Future
September 18th, 2025
Via New Arab, a look at China’s continued investment interest in Africa in general and Morocco specifically: Morocco is preparing to build Africa’s first battery gigafactory, a $5.6 billion project backed by China‘s Gotion High-Tech, which will place the North African kingdom at the centre of the global race for clean energy. The plant will be taking […]
Read more »DR Congo Backs $400M Satellite Deal To Tackle Digital Deficit
September 17th, 2025
Via Semafor, an article on DR Congo’s recent $400M satellite deal to tackle its digital deficit: DR Congo is betting on satellite internet to address one of the world’s worst connectivity deficits, with only one in three Congolese connected to mobile internet. Just three months after approving Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service to operate in the country, […]
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.