Diamond-Market Crash Drives Seismic Political Shift in Botswana
November 1st, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on a dramatic election result in Botswana: An opposition coalition emerged as the shock winner of Botswana’s parliamentary elections, the first time power has changed hands in the diamond-dependent southern African nation since independence almost six decades ago. Duma Boko, a Harvard-educated human rights lawyer, is set to succeed Mokgweetsi Masisi […]
Read more »Botswana Discovers $40m Diamond as Masisi Pushes For New Deal With De Beers
August 26th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on how a massive new diamond find is adding fuel to the debate over how much value Botswana receives for its minerals: What might be the world’s second-largest diamond has been discovered in Botswana. It will likely add fuel to the fire in the debate over how much value […]
Read more »Tebogo’s Gold Puts Brands On Notice For Africa
August 9th, 2024
Via Africa Scores, commentary on how African sprinters’ Olympic success may lead to new branding opportunities on the continent: Nearly a year ago, I started the #AfricaScores content series on LinkedIn to highlight the opportunities around Africa’s sports industry. My first post, as it happened, was a short text on the marketability of African sprinters […]
Read more »No Bull: Texas Is Helping Transform Africa’s Livestock Industry
July 2nd, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Texan know-how and cattle genetics is transforming Botswana’s livestock sector: Botswana wants to double its cattle herd and turn a nation of communal ranchers into a global export powerhouse. The United States’ Cowboy Country can help. In Dallas, US, for the annual US-Africa Business Summit last month, […]
Read more »Copper and Lithium at the Heart of New African Investment
June 18th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on the role of copper and lithium at the heart of new African investment: Recent data confirms copper and lithium as the mineral success stories of the African continent, with new exploration projects concentrated in Central and Southern Africa. With 40 active exploration projects for copper and 19 for […]
Read more »DRC, South Africa, Botswana… Who Has the Greatest Potential in Critical Minerals?
January 19th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at who has the greatest potential in critical minerals in Africa: Rich in minerals and strategically located, in theory the African continent has what it takes to play a key role in the ongoing energy transition, but the reality is more complex. We take a closer look in this […]
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.