China’s African Belt & Road Initiative May Not Be What You Think It Is
March 2nd, 2021
Via Silk Road Briefing, an OpEd on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: China’s moves into Africa are in fact a great case study into how the Belt & Road Initiative actually works. While most of the media commentary has been on the infrastructure, there is rather a lot more at play. In this article, I […]
Read more »Qataris Invited To Explore Investment Opportunities In Uzbekistan
March 1st, 2021
Via The Peninsula, an article on an invitation to Qatari businessmen to explore investment opportunities in Uzbekistan: Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan H E Furqat Sidikov has invited Qatari businessmen and investors to invest in his country which is replete with plenty of opportunities in several sectors such as energy, agriculture, tourism, and infrastructure. This […]
Read more »The World Bank Wants Greater Competition in Ethiopia’s Telecom Sector Plans
March 1st, 2021
Via Quartz, a report on how the World Bank wants greater competition in Ethiopia’s telecom sector plans: The Ethiopian government’s latest plans to open up its telecommunications sector and enter the mobile money market are sparking concerns over the fairness of its efforts. They come as the country faces immense financial pressures in the wake of the […]
Read more »In the Caspian Region, China Is Just Getting Started
March 1st, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, an article on China’s growing influence in Central Asia and the Caspian region: The collapse of the Soviet Union allowed China to envision a land-based trade and energy network that would be free from dependence on Russia or the United States. Now, amid conflicts in the South China Sea and Taiwan […]
Read more »How Egypt Benefits From Gas Agreement With Israel
March 1st, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on Egypt and Israel’s recent agreement to establish a pipeline connecting Israel’s offshore Leviathan natural gas field to the liquified natural gas terminal in Egypt, a move that was hailed as a major step toward economic, political and security gains for Cairo: Egypt and Israel agreed Feb. 21 to connect Israel’s […]
Read more »Competing with China’s Digital Silk Road
February 26th, 2021
Via The Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), commentary on China’s Digital Silk Road: Former U.S. secretary of state Dean Acheson’s call to create “situations of strength” is reemerging as a compass for U.S. foreign policy. But that phrase also aptly describes the challenge that China’s global economic activities present, especially in developing and emerging […]
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.