Kinshasa Reviews Mining Deal With Chinese Firms To Seal Loopholes
February 4th, 2024
Via The East African, a report that the DRC is reviewing a controversial mining deal signed with China: The Congolese government says it has rectified a controversial mining deal it had signed with China, potentially upending what had looked like a source of bad relations between Kinshasa to Beijing. The new deal, officials said this […]
Read more »Chinese Firms To Invest $7B in DRC Mining Infrastructure
January 30th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on plans by Chinese companies to invest up to $7 billion in Democratic Republic of Congo mining infrastructure: Chinese construction companies will invest up to $7 billion in infrastructure projects as part of an agreement over their Sicomines copper and cobalt joint venture in the Democratic Republic of Congo, they said […]
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 »Congo and China Talking $7 Billion in Finance
January 22nd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on discussions between DRC and China: Money part of renegotiated minerals-for-infrastructure deal Tshisekedi spoke in inaugural address in capital, Kinshasa China and Democratic Republic of Congo are discussing $7 billion in financing as part of a renegotiated minerals-for-infrastructure deal, President Felix Tshisekedi said Saturday at his second inaugural address in the capital, Kinshasa. […]
Read more »DRC, South Africa, Botswana… Who Has the Greatest Potential in Critical Minerals?
January 19th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at who has the greatest potential in critical minerals in Africa: Rich in minerals and strategically located, in theory the African continent has what it takes to play a key role in the ongoing energy transition, but the reality is more complex. We take a closer look in this […]
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 »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.