Angola: Who Will Benefit From Privatizations?
August 7th, 2022
Via The Africa Report, an article on Angola’s upcoming round of privatizations: Angola’s privatisation campaign is an experiment. It will reveal whether President João Lourenço’s administration can improve its governance and attract long-haul investors, or if, like Russia’s privatisations in the 1990s, the programme will strengthen the hands of cronies and stymie competition. So far, the […]
Read more »TotalEnergies’ Multi-Energy Strategy in Angola
August 7th, 2022
Via Total, a press release on TotalEnergies’ multi-energy strategy (oil, gas, and solar) in Angola: As part of the rollout of its multi-energy strategy in Angola, TotalEnergies announces the launch of the Begonia oil field, and Quiluma and Maboqueiro gas fields developments, as well as its first photovoltaic project in the country, with a capacity of […]
Read more »Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan Takes New Steps Toward Regional Integration
August 7th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on the recent Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan which marked a crucial step in bringing the Taliban regime back into dialogue with its neighbors – even without formal recognition: For the first time since the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul in August 2021, members of the international community entered into a constructive dialogue […]
Read more »AD Ports Group and India’s Adani Ports Explore Investment In Tanzania
August 7th, 2022
Via The National News, a report on AD Ports Group and India’s Adani Ports exploration of investment opportunities in Tanzania: AD Ports Group, the operator of industrial cities and free zones in Abu Dhabi, and India’s Adani Ports have signed a preliminary agreement to explore joint investment opportunities in Tanzania. The two companies will collaborate on potential end-to-end logistics […]
Read more »The Taliban’s Black Gold: Afghan Coal
August 4th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how – as Afghanistan battles its economic crisis – the nation is increasing coal exports to generate revenue with the help of child labor: Dozens of men and boys, covered head to toe in coal dust, stream in and out of the mine shafts bored deep into […]
Read more »America Can Still Out-Compete China In Africa
August 4th, 2022
Via The National Interest, commentary on how the United States is willingly missing a window of opportunity to engage with Africa economically, socially, and politically—and when this window closes, it will not reopen easily: The United States has a limited window of opportunity to engage with African countries economically, politically, and socially before the entire continent […]
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.