New Data Centers Supercharging Cloud Computing In Smaller African Countries
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Semafor, a look at how developers are ramping up the construction of data centers in African nations outside of the continent’s biggest economies such as Uganda, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Angola, Cote D’Ivoire and Tanzania: A new generation of data centers are being built in Africa’s smaller economies, fueling a […]
Read more »Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Kenya… Top-Performing Economies In Africa
April 10th, 2023
Via The Africa Report, a look at the top performing economies in Africa: The continent is experiencing an uneven economic recovery, with significant variations from one country to another, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s “Africa’s Pulse” report. Inflationary pressures, threats of recession, and declining investment have contributed to a weak economic […]
Read more »Will You Be Mine? Abidjan’s Lithium Overtures To Mali
February 28th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Cote d’Ivoire’s interest in Mali’s mineral potential: The Ivorian mineral extraction sector smells a new opportunity in the air — Malian mineral deposits. While the rest of the country sleeps, work continues in the Autonomous Port of Abidjan, the first gateway to Côte d’Ivoire, where storage and […]
Read more »World Bank Projects Impressive Growth For Senegal In 2023
January 15th, 2023
Via Quartz, an article noting that – while the World Bank projects growth in most African nations such as Senegal – critical economies like Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya will record a slump The World Bank projects an impressive 2023 for Senegal’s economy, thanks to a thriving oil and gas industry. “After slowing to 4.8% […]
Read more »Megalopolis: How Coastal West Africa Will Shape The Coming Century
October 27th, 2022
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at how – by the end of the century – Africa will be home to 40% of the world’s population – and nowhere is this breakneck-pace development happening faster than this 600-mile stretch between Abidjan and Lagos: It has long been said that no one knows with any certainty […]
Read more »Ivory Coast Wants A Bigger Bite Of The Cocoa Business
August 13th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on a new generation of Ivory Coast chocolatiers who are striving to change an industry that has long left cocoa farmers in poverty: The worker carefully peeled the husks from the cocoa beans to keep them from breaking, then tipped them into a metal tray that a colleague […]
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.