China Keeps Building Stadiums in Africa. But at What Cost?
February 12th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, like several previous editions, is being played out in Chinese-built arenas. It will end with familiar questions about their legacy: The Alassane Ouattara stadium rises like a piece of sculpture from the dusty brown earth north of Ivory Coast’s […]
Read more »Balance of Power Between African States and Mining Companies Is Tipping
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary that the balance of power between African states and mining companies is tipping: Across the African continent, growing political will and modernised legal frameworks are boosting countries’ negotiating power, but real domestication of value chains has a long way to go. In recent years, relations between African governments and […]
Read more »Côte d’Ivoire Seeks to Strengthen Economic Ties with China
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Côte d’Ivoire desire for more investment from China: On a visit to Abidjan, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi expressed his desire to ‘deepen’ bilateral cooperation, a sentiment echoed by President Alassane Ouattara. It was the last stop on an African tour that has taken him to Egypt, […]
Read more »African Nations Dominate Top 10 Economic Growth Spots in 2024
January 9th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on African nations’ economic prospects in 2024: IMF sees African nations filling six of top 10 growth spots Heavyweights South Africa and Nigeria also forecast to pick up Africa faces economic headwinds this year, but some of the continent’s brightest sparks are shading it in a more hopeful light. Six of […]
Read more »5 Attractive Investment Destinations in Africa in 2024
January 3rd, 2024
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a look at 5 attractive investment destinations in Africa in 2024: On the back of growing global demand and with a largely untapped resource portfolio, Africa is on the cusp of transforming its energy sector. Foreign investors are eager to capitalize on diversified supply chains while efforts by African governments […]
Read more »How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time
December 16th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how more than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa and – despite growing resentment at France – Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language: French, by most estimates the world’s fifth most spoken language, is changing — perhaps […]
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.