Why African Countries are Turning their Backs on Loans from Beijing
May 5th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at why African countries are turning their backs on loans from Beijing: Chinese companies are no longer the end-all, be-all of international funds for several African countries, including the DRC, Zambia, Angola and Cameroon. A new power dynamic is taking shape, with China keeping a more discreet presence by […]
Read more »The World Needs Africa’s Critical Minerals
May 2nd, 2024
As Semafor notes, more than a fifth of the metals essential to the transition to renewable energy are mined in Africa. Demand for cobalt, a critical mineral for electric vehicles that is most abundant in the DR Congo, could increase by nearly 1,500% by the year 2050, according to the United Nations Conference on […]
Read more »Tensions Grow As China Ramps Up Global Mining For Green Tech
May 1st, 2024
Via BBC, a report on growing global tensions as China ramps up its search for green minerals worldwide: Earlier this year, Ai Qing was woken up in the middle of the night by angry chants outside her dormitory in northern Argentina. She peered out of the window to see Argentine workers surrounding the compound and […]
Read more »Fierce Battle For Resources Vital To Green Transition
April 27th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the fierce battle for resources vital to green transition: The battle for natural resources crucial to the green energy transition is in the spotlight again with the biggest offer for a mining company in years and a new warning over China’s dominance of a critical mineral. BHP’s […]
Read more »Telecoms Giants From Airtel to Orange Tackle Congo Tax Standoff
April 23rd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on the DRC’s telecommunications market: Little over a quarter of the residents of sub-Saharan Africa’s third-most populous nation have access to the internet. The growth potential in the Democratic Republic of Congo — home to massive deposits of copper, cobalt and other minerals — has companies from Orange to Airtel rushing […]
Read more »Robert Friedland: Africa’s King of Copper
April 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an in-depth article on Robert Friedland, whom many consider to be Africa’s king of copper: At the head of Ivanhoe Mines, the American-Canadian tycoon has established himself as one of the key figures in the world of copper mining. He entered the continent via the DRC in the early 2000s, […]
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.