Investing In Africa’s Clean Energy Future
October 5th, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at where investment is going for clean energy in Africa: A key aspect of global conversations around the clean energy transition relates to the financial cost of pivoting production systems in developing countries from current facilities that depend on fossil fuels to solar and wind sources. Most of the investment in Africa […]
Read more »Chad Nationalized all Assets and Rights of Esso Chad
April 23rd, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on Chad’s recent decision to nationalize all assets and rights of Esso Chad: The President of the Transition of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, by decree N°0465/PT/PM/MHE/2023 of March 23, 2023, nationalized all the assets and all the rights of any kind arising from the Conventions, Exploration permits, Exploitation Authorizations […]
Read more »Savannah Energy: Battered By Chad, Focuses On South Sudan
April 10th, 2023
Via Energy Voice, an article on how – at the same time that Savannah Energy was announcing the cancellation of its deal to buy the Petronas assets in Chad – it set out an even more ambitious plan with the Malaysian company: Savannah Energy is an independent with a plan for growth, but the plan […]
Read more »Shifting US Strategic Interests In Africa – Pawn or Partner?
February 16th, 2023
Via the American Academy of Diplomacy’s series titled ‘The General and The Ambassador’, a very interesting podcast with retired Admiral Franken and Ambassador Pasi talk about shifting US strategic interests in Africa, the key role of the US base in Djibouti, the challenge of regional terrorist groups (Al Shabaab, Boko Haram), the policy of “sound […]
Read more »Russian Forces Help Secure Central Africa Gold Zone in New Pact
February 3rd, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on a new Central Africa gold “zone” comprised of Sudan, Chad and CAR: Three nations have agreed with the help of Russian troops to secure a gold-rich region in the Central African Republic rife with armed rebel groups, the latest sign of Moscow’s expanding influence on the continent. A deal struck […]
Read more »Chad: Well Positioned To Attract More Oil Investment
October 2nd, 2022
Via The Exchange, an article on Chad’s petroleum sector: Over the past few years, the lack of investment in Africa’s oil and gas sector has led to a sharp decline in production. With the sanctions on Russian energy, OPEC and its allies have set a target to meet a larger global market share. Despite estimated […]
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.