Côte d’Ivoire: Africa’s Biggest Wine Importer
November 19th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Africa’s biggest wine importing nation: In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire imported the equivalent of $64m worth of wine. The rise of the middle class, paired with changing consumer habits, has made the country the continent’s leading importer. Côte d’Ivoire is Africa’s leading importer of wine, a fact confirmed […]
Read more »JPMorgan Opens Offices in Kenya, Ivory Coast in Africa Push
October 29th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a look at JPMorgan’s growing interest in Africa: US lender hires ex-central banker to run business in Kenya Ex-central banker Montet managed Kenya’s foreign reserves JPMorgan Chase & Co. opened representative offices in Kenya and Ivory Coast as part of an effort expand in east and west Africa. The biggest US bank has […]
Read more »Egypt Bagged, AngloGold Ashanti Sets Its Sights On Côte d’Ivoire
September 11th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at AngloGold Ashanti’s ambitions in Côte d’Ivoire: South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti is preparing to gain a foothold in Egypt and Côte d’Ivoire after signing a $2.5bn deal with Centamin. Consolidation in the global gold mining sector continues apace. After Randgold’s acquisition of Barrick Gold in 2019, Endeavour Mining’s acquisition of Semafo and Teranga Gold between […]
Read more »Cote d’Ivoire Tilts Economy From Farming To Natural Resources
July 23rd, 2024
Via Terra Daily, an article on Cote d’Ivoire’s economic shift towards natural resources: The discovery of huge deposits of natural resources including oil, gas and gold in the Ivory Coast is pushing the country’s economy in a new direction as it explores its underground potential.Over the last three years, the West African country — traditionally […]
Read more »The Rollercoaster Ride of Foreign Investment In The Sahel
July 19th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on the rollercoaster ride of foreign investment in the Sahel states: Over the last three years, the member states of the newly christened Confederation of Sahel States have been hit by a fall in foreign investment, particularly Burkina Faso. In its World Investment Report 2024, the United Nations […]
Read more »Eni Taps Advisers to Sell €1 Billion Ivory Coast Stake
June 21st, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Eni’s plans to sell part of its Ivory Coast stake: Italian energy firm could sell up to 30% holding in operations Eni made biggest ever hydrocarbon discovery in Ivory Coast Eni SpA is planning to sell a stake in its Ivory Coast exploration operations in a potential deal that could be […]
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.