Some Smaller African Nations Becoming More Business-Friendly
February 26th, 2022
Via How We Made It In Africa, a report on how some smaller African nations are becoming more business-friendly: Smaller African nations are racing to develop business-friendly policies and economic reforms to bolster their investor attractiveness. Smaller African economies have begun flaunting their colours, particularly in the form of economic reforms and business-friendly policies as they […]
Read more »Mazar-e-Sharif-Kabul, Peshawar Rail Project To Be Expedited
February 24th, 2022
Via the Frontier Post, an article on the Mazar-e-Sharif-Kabul, Peshawar Rail project: The government of Pakistan and Republic of Uzbekistan in a meeting agreed on the formation of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for expediting the Mazar-e-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar Rail project. This was decided during a meeting of a delegation led by Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister for Investment […]
Read more »Somali Leaders Reject ‘Illegal’ Oil Deal with US Company
February 20th, 2022
Via The Frontier Post, a report that Somali leaders have rejected a recently-signed oil deal: Somalia’s president and premier have declared null and void a deal signed by their energy minister with a US company to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the troubled Horn of Africa nation. Minister of Petroleum and […]
Read more »Sri Lanka: Out Of Gas
February 20th, 2022
Via The Bangkok Post, a report on how Sri Lanka’s foreign-exchange shortage has left the state petroleum company without dollars to buy oil: Sri Lanka’s state-run petroleum company has run out of cash to buy oil, and fuel shortages across the country could get worse, the energy minister said on Friday. Udaya Gammanpila said the […]
Read more »How China Beat Out the U.S. to Dominate South America
February 18th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on how China beat the U.S. in South America: In the hinterland of Argentina, Mario Pizarro’s office looks like a shrine to China. There’s the framed photo of a Chinese peasant with Pizarro’s face superimposed beneath the conical farmer hat. There’s the blue-robed smiling Buddha statue. And there’s the model wind […]
Read more »Iraq Top Court Orders Kurdistan To Ship All Oil To Baghdad
February 16th, 2022
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report that Iraq’s top court has ordered Kurdistan to ship all oil to Baghdad: Iraq’s top court on Tuesday ordered the autonomous Kurdistan region to deliver all oil produced there to the federal government in Baghdad — a move that could reignite long-standing tensions. A ruling by the federal Supreme […]
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