Carbon Capture Pioneer Eyes Kenyan Opportunities
November 5th, 2023
Via African Business, an article on Climeworks’, which operates direct air capture technology, exploration of opportunities in Kenya: Kenya is in line to become a hub for carbon capture and storage, after Swiss company Climeworks announced it is looking into options for a large-scale facility in the country. Climework’s possible entry into the country is a […]
Read more »2Africa: Subsea Internet Cable Racing To Go Live This Year
November 4th, 2023
2Africa, the subsea internet cable project backed by a consortium led by Meta, is racing to go live this year as planned. Since making its first landing in Genoa, Italy in April 2022, the 45,000km cable has completed landings in Angola, Egypt and Kenya. But only in 11 out of 32 countries of the project’s span across […]
Read more »The Top Middle East Exports by Country
November 4th, 2023
Via Visual Capitalist, a graphical look at the top Middle East exports by country: The Middle East is widely recognized for its significant role in the global energy market. However, countries in the region also foster other substantial industries, including metals, chemicals, and agriculture. The graphic above uses 2021 exports data from The Observatory of Economic […]
Read more »China In limbo Over Importing Middle East Oil Overland Through Pakistan
November 4th, 2023
Via The China Project, a look at how ongoing violence in Balochistan and Xi Jinping’s shifting Belt and Road priorities may end Pakistan and China’s pipeline dreams: If China wants to move Middle Eastern oil and gas overland to Xinjiang, it must dredge the port at Gwadar, build a refinery there, then construct a high-altitude […]
Read more »Lithium Lifts China’s Emerging Market Mining Ties
November 4th, 2023
Via ECNS.cn, a look at how cooperation between China and Latin America is expected to deepen around lithium: Cooperation between China and Latin American countries and regions in mining is expected to deepen with lithium mining becoming a new focal point, experts said. This will likely lead to closer collaboration and synergies between mining companies […]
Read more »Can Vietnam Become The Next Asian Tiger?
November 4th, 2023
Via East Asia Forum, a report on Vietnam’s economic potential: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and rising US–China trade tensions, Vietnam leapfrogged South Korea to become the United States’ sixth largest trade partner by import value in 2022. This jump represents an important pivot in Vietnam’s economy — Vietnam’s biggest export to the United States is no longer […]
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.