China Built Congo a Toll Road That Led Straight to the Ruling Family
February 14th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on an alleged $238 million paid to transport cobalt and copper in the DRC has gone missing: For 250 hot and dusty miles, the two-lane highway cuts through central Africa, its path lined with the carcasses of trucks, buses, and minivans. But this modest road holds outsize value for global markets, connecting some […]
Read more »China and Uzbekistan: Investments, Projects, and Areas of Cooperation
February 14th, 2022
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, an interview on China and Uzbekistan areas of cooperation: China continues to expand its economic presence in Central Asia, including in Uzbekistan. How do the countries of the region benefit from this? What is the peculiarity of Chinese investment policy? Will security cooperation between Beijing and Tashkent deepen? These and other questions […]
Read more »China: Invested More In Africa Than Other Top Eight Lenders Combined
February 12th, 2022
Via Quartz, an article on China’s investment in Africa: China, in addition to being Africa’s biggest trading partner, is building the future of the continent’s urban landscapes almost single-handedly. And in spite of rhetoric from US president Joe Biden and other leaders from wealthy countries on the urgent need to improve infrastructure on the continent, investment from those countries and […]
Read more »Africa’s Biggest Bank Turns To Fintech To Extend Lending To Informal Businesses
February 10th, 2022
Via Impact Alpha, a look at how Africa’s biggest bank is turning to fintech to extend lending to informal businesses: It may take the threat of a fintech disruption to get local commercial banks focused on lending for micro and small businesses in Africa and other emerging markets. Fintech startups and local fund managers have recently […]
Read more »Ethiopia’s Telco Battle To Take Place In Mobile Money Arena
February 10th, 2022
Via Quartz, an article on Safaricom’s interests in the Ethiopian marketplace: Safaricom opened an office in Ethiopia last month, as Kenya’s largest mobile operator aims to take on one of Africa’s most sought-after telecoms markets, with a population of around 120 million people. The company has hired local employees and built a multi-story office in downtown […]
Read more »Saudi Telecom Buys Pakistan Operator to Expand Global Footprint
February 10th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report on Saudi Telecom’s acquisition of a Pakistani tower company. The Middle East’s most profitable telecoms firm, Saudi Telecom Co., signaled a fresh push to expand beyond its core mobile-network business with an investment in a Pakistani tower company. Saudi Telecom, which is controlled by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, said one […]
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.