Pakistan’s Nickel Potential
January 5th, 2023
Via Technology Times, a report on Pakistan’s nascent nickel industry: Pakistan has sizeable deposits of nickel. Nickel is a transitional metal that is silvery white, hard, and ductile with a faint golden tinge. It is impossible to undervalue the significance of nickel, which has a wide range of physical and chemical properties. According to reports, […]
Read more »Dubai Unveils $8 Billion Economic Plan
January 5th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, an article on Dubai’s new $8 billion economic plan to boost its foreign trade, sustainability and position as a tech hub: The Emirate of Dubai unveiled an ambitious economic development plan Wednesday. Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 has economic targets worth 32 trillion Emirati dirhams ($8.71 trillion) […]
Read more »Namibia’s Struggling Economy
January 4th, 2023
Via New Era Live, commentary on why Namibia’s economic growth remains stunted: Namibia, by all comparative standards, has got all the ingredients of a flourishing economy. It has huge deposits of mineral resources, a highly educated youth market and one of the best road networks in the world. It has effectively developed the communication infrastructure […]
Read more »Rwanda Tops Africa In Internet Speed
January 3rd, 2023
Via The New Times, a report that Rwanda was ranked by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) as the leading low-income country in Sub-Saharan Africa with the fastest broadband speed: A new Global Innovation Index (GII) report released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has ranked Rwanda as the leading low-income country in Sub-Saharan Africa […]
Read more »“Brazil Needs China’s Experience To Re-Industrialize”
January 3rd, 2023
Via Panda Paw Dragon Claw, commentary on how the Lula administration will approach China and the BRI: On the first day of 2023, the 77-year old Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in for the third time as Brazil’s president at an emotional and a bit unconventional inauguration ceremony, as former President Jair Bolsonaro intentionally skipped […]
Read more »Marcos Jr: In Desperate Need of China’s Belt and Road?
January 3rd, 2023
Via Asia Times, an article on the Philippine leader’s trip to Beijing hat in hand with major infrastructure deficiencies and failings at home: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s maiden visit to China, the leader’s first major foreign trip scheduled for January 3-5, comes in the wake of a pressing infrastructure crisis at home. Over the weekend, […]
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.