Senegal Unveils 25-Year Development Plan Aiming For Economic Sovereignty
October 17th, 2024
Via RFI, a report on Senegal’s 25-year development plan, which pledges to build the foundation for economic sovereignty by focusing on competitiveness, sustainable resource management, and good governance: Titled “Senegal 2050”, the plan’s objective is to increase per capita income by 50 percent in five years and to extend life expectancy by three years, while reducing […]
Read more »Why Are African States Joining BRICS?
October 17th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on the trend of African States shrugging off relations with the Western and European world, alternatively settling for better beneficial economic cooperation: Geopolitical changes and the reconfiguration of economic architecture towards the Global South, under the rapidly-growing influence of BRICS+ (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) on the global […]
Read more »Nigeria’s Lithium Ambition Gets An Unexpected Boost
October 17th, 2024
Via Semafor, a report on Nigeria’s lithium sector: Nigeria’s ambition to build a value-added supply chain for critical minerals including lithium is getting a significant boost from an unlikely source: an e-marketplace startup. Sabi, the Lagos-headquartered business-to-business e-commerce company focused on the informal economy, has been quietly building expertise as a middle man for miners […]
Read more »Railroads and Roads: Nepal-China Relations Move Into Fast Lane
October 17th, 2024
Via the Malaysia Sun, a look at the growing ties between Nepal and China: Nepal and China have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing projects under the Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network (THMDCN), a Beijing-led idea that the two countries agreed to in April 2018. According to a statement issued by the Nepali Embassy in Beijing, Deputy […]
Read more »Why China’s Southeast Asia Belt and Road Push Could Give iIt Edge In Critical Battleground
October 17th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on how infrastructure projects such as high-speed rail could help Beijing keep US from coaxing region into its orbit: When Vietnam’s new top leader To Lam visited Beijing in mid-August, infrastructure was very much top of mind. During the trip, China agreed to support a feasibility study for two standard-gauge […]
Read more »How Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Are Resolving Transport Connectivity Issues
October 16th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – despite the potential for a conflict of interests on the transport and transit track – it is still beneficial for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to cooperate rather than compete: Cooperation between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the field of transport and transit should be considered within the paradigm of […]
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.