India Has Become a Middle Eastern Power
July 4th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on India’s rise and the need to take New Delhi’s projection of power in the region seriously: A decade ago, I went to India on a three-week speaking tour that took me to New Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, and Hyderabad. The idea behind the trip, which the U.S. State […]
Read more »The Rising Sino-Qatari Gas Collaboration
July 4th, 2023
Via Amwaj Media, a look at the rising Sino-Qatari gas collaboration: As the importance of China’s role in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector grows, the energy dimensions to Sino-Qatari relations have significantly deepened. The shift is taking place in a context featuring rising tensions in China’s relationships with two top competitors of Qatar […]
Read more »Crippling Fuel Crisis Turns Cuba Towards Old Friend Russia
July 4th, 2023
Via BBC, an article on Cuba’s acute fuel shortages which – on top of years of food insecurity, inflation and electricity blackouts – is pushing Cuba closer to Russia: Cuban taxi driver Jorge Lloro is reminded of his nation’s historic ties to Russia every time he gets behind the wheel of his navy blue, Soviet-era […]
Read more »Emerging Markets: Need Imagination In Changing Global Order
July 4th, 2023
Via New African Magazine, commentary on how emerging markets across Africa and beyond should take advantage of the precedents being set by geopolitical wildcards – notably, Saudi Arabia – by challenging existing paradigms that shape the global political economy not just in government affairs as well as to the private sector, as it’s no longer […]
Read more »WhatsApp Voice Notes Are Revolutionizing Farming In Senegal
July 4th, 2023
Courtesy Rest of World, a look at how WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal: > In Senegal, a country with low levels of literacy, WhatsApp voice notes allow farmers and researchers to share information and collaborate. > Farmers, researchers, and NGOs use WhatsApp as their primary source of communication, using it to spread […]
Read more »African Countries Are in a Race to Recover the Chinese Tourist Market
July 4th, 2023
Courtesy of Semafor, a look at how various African nations are targeting Chinese visitors to reinvigorate their tourism markets: Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa are leading a charge by African countries to reinvigorate their post-pandemic tourism markets by targeting the Chinese travel market. The three countries, along with Egypt, were among the first popular destinations […]
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.