Africa Seeks New Ideas on How to Fill an Infrastructure Gap
June 15th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a look at Africa’s infrastructure challenges and opportunities: Africa will need some innovative thinking to fill a yawning infrastructure gap. That’s the message from delegates at this week’s inaugural Africa edition of the Bloomberg New Economy Gateway conference. By some estimates, the continent requires as much as $170 billion a year to build […]
Read more »Eritrea Rejoins East African Bloc 16 Years After Walk-Out
June 15th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report that – 16 years after walking out – Eritrea rejoins East African bloc: Eritrea has rejoined the East African bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), nearly 16 years after the politically isolated state pulled out of the body, Information Minister Yemane Meskel said Monday. “Eritrea resumed its […]
Read more »Natural Capital: Africa Needs to Monetize Its Trees to Help World Reach Net Zero
June 15th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on the need for Africa to monetize its trees to help slow global warming: Africa needs to monetize its trees to help slow global warming, the head of AFC Capital Partners said. The continent is home to the Congo Basin tropical forest, second in size only to the Amazon, and […]
Read more »This Can Be Africa’s Century
June 15th, 2023
Via ADF Magazine, commentary on how the President of Ghana thinks this can be Africa’s century: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is president of Ghana and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government. He spoke in Accra, Ghana, on March 15, 2022, at an event organized by […]
Read more »North Korea Wants To Remove Household Solar Panels, Build Community Energy Farms
June 15th, 2023
Via NK News, a report that North Korea wants to remove household solar panels and build community energy farms instead: North Korean authorities want to remove solar panels from individual homes in favor of building community solar farms, according to state media, calling the proposed system “more efficient” and “better-looking” as the country deals with […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia and China Flaunt Growing Ties at Investment Forum
June 13th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on a recent Arab-China business conference during which Chinese companies inked $10 billion in investment deals with businesses and government bodies in the Arab world, as the Middle East emerges as a hot destination for Chinese investors: The message at an Arab-China business forum hosted by Saudi […]
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.