Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia: Where the World Bank Sees the Strongest Growth in Africa
October 10th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at where the World Bank sees the strongest growth in Africa: The World Bank has raised growth forecasts for 30 African economies, hailing the continent’s resilience to global shocks and urging a faster push on job creation. Between 2025 and 2050 Africa’s working-age population will expand by 625 million […]
Read more »Chinese Construction Firms Changed The Way They Operate in Africa
October 8th, 2025
Via Asia Times, a look at how Chinese construction firms activate in Africa – less dependent on state funding than before, – are no longer so closely tied to Beijing’s priorities: For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 […]
Read more »Pasni Port Deal Would Pivot Pakistan from China to US
October 8th, 2025
Via Asia Times, an article examining how a Pakistan proposal for US role at port would undercut China’s CPEC while giving America access to bounty of critical minerals: Pakistan’s reported proposal to grant the United States a development and management role at Pasni port, as reported by the Financial Times, marks one of the most consequential geopolitical […]
Read more »Dubai ports giant pushes for Somaliland recognition
October 8th, 2025
Via Semafor, a look at how a Dubai ports giant is pushing for Somaliland’s recognition: Dubai’s global ports and logistics company DP World wants Somaliland — where it operates a port — to be recognized as an independent nation. It joins a growing chorus of US politicians, including Senator Ted Cruz, who back the move, […]
Read more »Chinese Cars for Iranian Copper: How Sanctions Revived Barter Trade
October 7th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a look at a barter arrangement of Chinese cars for Iranian copper: Every few months, a consignment of car parts rolls off a production line in an industrial town on China’s mighty Yangtze River. The engines and chassis are sent to a different factory to be half-assembled into what is known as “knocked […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia is Betting Big on Egypt
October 6th, 2025
Via Semafor, a report on how Saudi Arabia is betting big on Egypt: Saudi Arabia pledged to invest $5 billion in Egypt, a vote of confidence in Cairo’s efforts to address its fiscal and investment policies as well as a signal of shifting Gulf attitudes towards plowing cash into flailing regional economies. Saudi Crown Prince […]
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.