US Announces Measures To Give Cuban Small Business A Boost
June 2nd, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on new US measures designed to give Cuban small business a boost: The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday announced regulatory changes to allow more American financial support for Cuba’s nascent private sector and bolster access to U.S. internet-based services, modest but timely measures that officials said would help give the island’s […]
Read more »Korean Builders Bet Big on Rwanda’s Fast-Growing Economy
June 2nd, 2024
Via The Korea Herald, an article on Korean builders’ interest in Rwanda: Some liken Rwanda to the “Singapore of Africa” due to its fast-growing economy and strategic focus on fintech. South Korean builders and financial firms are also eyeing their expansion in the burgeoning market, pinning high hopes on the upcoming Korea-Africa summit talks in […]
Read more »US Tech Giants Building Dozens of Data Centers In Chile, But Locals Are Fighting Back
June 2nd, 2024
Via Rest of World, an article on the multiple Chilean groups which are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation: Over the past 12 years, 16 data centers have been approved in Santiago’s metropolitan area. Most use millions of liters of water annually […]
Read more »The End of Secondhand Clothes
June 1st, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, an article on how a major source of work for women in East Africa is suddenly under threat: At Kampala’s sprawling Owino market, Millicent Mukwezi opens up a bundle of secondhand clothes while her assistant keeps an eye on the buyers eagerly rifling through in search of bargains. Mukwezi buys the clothing […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Hassana Backs TPG Climate Funds with $1.5 Billion
June 1st, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Saudi Arabia’s significant $1.5B climate investment: Saudi Arabia’s main pension fund is set to back TPG’s climate vehicle under a $1.5 billion partnership, marking the latest instance of an oil-rich Gulf state supporting efforts aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Hassana Investment Co., which manages over $320 billion for Saudi Arabia’s General Organisation […]
Read more »The New Reality of Energy Geopolitics in Eurasia
May 31st, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how – with the so-called gas union – Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are engaging in opportunistic cooperation and flirting with dangerous new dependencies. On November 28, 2022, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited Moscow, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials. During their meeting, Russian media […]
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.