How the United States Lost Niger
April 3rd, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on how growing Russian, Chinese, and Iranian influence in the Sahel is testing Washington’s clout in an increasingly strategic continent: When senior U.S. officials descended on Niger’s capital city, Niamey, recently, they had little idea that the sands of the Sahara were shifting under their feet. The trip—the highest-level visit […]
Read more »The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla
March 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how the small Caribbean territory of Anguilla brought in $32 million last year, more than 10 percent of its G.D.P., from companies registering web addresses that end in .ai: Artificial intelligence’s integration into everyday life has stirred up doubts and unsettling questions for many about humanity’s […]
Read more »AI Fever Turns Anguilla’s “.ai” Domain Into A Digital Gold Mine
September 5th, 2023
Via Ars Technica, an interesting report on how AI fever has turned Anguilla’s “.ai” domain into a digital gold mine: Anguilla, a tiny British island territory in the Caribbean, may bring in up to $30 million in revenue this year thanks to its “.ai” domain name, reports Bloomberg in a piece published Thursday. Over the past year, skyrocketing interest […]
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.