Is Western Sahara Washington’s New Strategic Priority to Access Minerals?
November 19th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on why has Donald Trump seized on Western Sahara – a file Washington long kept at arm’s length? The US catch-up fits a scheme that goes well beyond the stand-off between Rabat and Algiers. For decades, the Western Sahara was never a priority for the US. Folded into the broad Middle […]
Read more »Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Are Forming a Transport and Transit Tandem
November 18th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Tashkent’s transport strategy places great importance on cooperation with Turkmenistan, which has high transit potential due to its convenient location: Turkmenistan connects the states of Central Asia with Iran and the vast Middle Eastern region, thus providing access to the warm southern seas. The launch of the Tejen-Serakhs-Mashhad railway line […]
Read more »Despite Danger, Somalia Experiencing Tourism Surge
November 17th, 2025
Via CNN, a report on tourism in Somalia: For decades, Somalia’s name has been shorthand for conflict, piracy and danger. Since the country’s civil war began in the 1990s, the country has had relatively few Western visitors. Yet, against the odds, the East African nation is now seeing a quiet rise in foreign tourists. About 10,000 tourists […]
Read more »Dangote’s Search for fresh African Markets Continues with $1bn Bet on Zimbabwe
November 17th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on Nigeria’s Dangote Group decision to revive long-stalled plans in Zimbabwe with a pipeline from Namibia and new plants, testing Harare’s claims of reform and transparency: Aliko Dangote, chair of Nigeria’s Dangote Group, has revived plans to invest in Zimbabwe after years of frustration over bribe demands and tight […]
Read more »Africa Needs 1 Billion Jobs by the End of the Century. Where Will It Find Them?
November 14th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Africa’s population growth: Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year — a generation that should power economic growth […]
Read more »After Fleeing Assad, He’s Now Leading Syria’s Tech Transformation
November 12th, 2025
Via Rest of World, an interview with Syria’s Abdulsalam Haykal explains how he plans to rebuild the country’s shattered digital infrastructure — and why he came back after years in exile: He fled Assad. Now he’s leading Syria’s tech transformation Abdulsalam Haykal faces a practically impossible task: to bring Syria back online after 14 years […]
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.