Gulf – Central Asia Summit and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
July 21st, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the upcoming Gulf – Central Asia Summit and its connections with China’s BRI, which provide an important opportunity for China to connect Central Asia all through a large and wide network of roads and lines, such as: the highway crossing the Tianshan Mountains that connects China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and […]
Read more »Africa’s Thirst for Champagne Could Bring Veuve Clicquot to Kenya and Ghana
July 21st, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at Africa’s growing thirsty for champagne: Veuve Clicquot, the Champagne maker that’s part of luxury-goods powerhouse LVMH, is exploring new markets in Africa as demand for premium products rises on the continent. The Champagne maker is considering expanding in East Africa or going west to Ghana as it looks to boost […]
Read more »Saudi Aramco Acquires $3.4B Stake in a China Petrochemical Firm
July 21st, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report that the world’s biggest oil exporter is making further inroads in China, Saudi Arabia’s top customer for crude: Saudi Aramco has acquired a 10% stake in China’s Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. for 24.6 billion renminbi ($3.4 billion), through its subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company BV, based in the Netherlands, the world’s biggest […]
Read more »India to Help Develop a Port and Economic Hub in Sri Lanka
July 21st, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, an article on India’s plans to help develop a port and economic hub in Sri Lanka: India and Sri Lanka said on Friday that they had agreed to improve economic ties by increasing cooperation in renewable energy and studying the feasibility of building an oil pipeline and a land bridge between […]
Read more »BRICS Expansion Plan Draws Interest From More Than 40 Nations
July 21st, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on the BRICS expansion plan, which has drawn interest from more than 40 nations: Twenty-two countries that have formally applied to join bloc Putin skipping summit out of consideration for BRICS: Sooklal More than 40 nations have indicated an interest in joining the BRICS bloc of major developing economies as […]
Read more »How Saudi Arabia is Buying the World
July 21st, 2023
Via The New Statesman, a look at how how Saudi Arabia’s model of capitalism without democracy thrives and the prospect of a Saudi century has consequences for us all: Illustration by Spooky Pooka At the centre of the 2018 blockbuster film Black Panther is Wakanda, a hyper-modern civilisation on the African continent kept from the modern world […]
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.