Seychelles and Mauritius Still Top African Investment Destinations
October 28th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, an article on leading African investment destinations: Seychelles and Mauritius retained their ranking as Africa’s most attractive investment destinations, outperforming larger economies, including Egypt, South Africa and Morocco. Ivory Coast was the country whose ranking advanced the most, moving into the top 10 from 16th place, thanks to its widening access to electricity […]
Read more »Suriname’s Coming Oil Boom
October 24th, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, a look at Suriname’s coming oil boom: As Paramaribo, Suriname, flooded with shin-high water during a rainstorm in June, hundreds of taxis jostled for space on a recently paved street on the outskirts of the capital city. Passengers in suits disembarked alongside an overgrown canal. The visitors, some of whom had come […]
Read more »“This Is A New Era,” Syria Central Bank Says Amid Investment Push
October 24th, 2025
Via Forbes, a report on Syria’s investment push: The civil war that tore through Syria for more than a decade claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, displaced millions, and shattered the country’s economy. Now, after years of isolation, a new team of Syrian economic officials is fanning out across world capitals with a different message: […]
Read more »Algeria : Sonatrach Expands its Footprint in Southern Africa
October 24th, 2025
Via Africa News Agency, a report on Sonatrach expanding its footprint in Southern Africa: Algeria’s Sonatrach and Mozambique’s ENH (Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos E.P.) signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in the oil and gas sector. The agreement, inked in Maputo by Rachid Hachichi (Sonatrach CEO) and Ludovina Bernardo (ENH Chair), with Algerian […]
Read more »India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: Promise, Peril, and the Politics of Connectivity
October 22nd, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) which was announced as a transformative connectivity framework which aims to link India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Europe through maritime, rail, energy, and digital networks: Source: Siasat.com During a recent meeting of Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in […]
Read more »Bloomberg: Investor’s Guide To Africa
October 21st, 2025
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look inside six industries on the rise in Africa’s most investable economies. Global investors are looking at the 54 nations that make up Africa with fresh eyes, not only for their vast natural resources but also for the region’s role in the realignment of trade worldwide. Tens of billions of dollars […]
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.