Can An Egypt-Led Alliance Block Ethiopia’s Efforts To Secure Sea Access?
August 27th, 2024
Via the Addis Standard, commentary on the potential for an Egypt-led alliance stand in Ethiopia’s way of securing access to the sea: For scholars in the field of political science and international relations, the international realm is basically the realm of balance of power, where states continuously struggle for much power and sustainable peace. The […]
Read more »Africa To Have Six Cities With Over 10 Million Inhabitants by 2035
August 24th, 2024
Via North Africa Post, a report on the continent’s rapidly growing population: Amid a rapid population growth, Africa will count six cities with over 10 million people by 2035, the Economist Intelligence Unit said. With the continent’s population boom, Angola’s capital, Luanda, and Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, will join the metropolises of Cairo, […]
Read more »Egypt’s New Capital City To Get $1 Billion Hydrogen-Powered Skyscraper
August 19th, 2024
Via Newsweek, a report on a planned new hydrogen-powered skyscraper in Egypt’s new capital city: Egypt’s new capital city is getting a $1 billion skyscraper which will be powered by clean hydrogen, according to the Saudi-controlled real estate firm that’s building it. The temporarily named New Administrative Capital (NAC), initiated by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, […]
Read more »Economic Bridges: The Gulf States’ Strategic Expansion Across Africa’s Key Sectors
August 17th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how – historically – the Arabian Peninsula played a key role as a maritime hub connecting East African trade routes to the Middle East: Historically, the Arabian Peninsula played a key role as a maritime hub connecting East African trade routes to the Middle East. Today, three Gulf Cooperation […]
Read more »Egypt and China: A Partnership For The Future
August 16th, 2024
Via Ahram Online, commentary on the growing China-Egypt partnership: President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s visit to Beijing last May to participate in the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum and his meeting with President Xi Jinping have marked the culmination of the special relationship that has bound the two countries for several decades. As such, the joint statement issued during the […]
Read more »Rise of Chinese Surveillance Tech in Africa: Development or Espionage?
July 11th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on the growing deployment of Chinese CCTV equipment in African cities: Chinese technology companies like Huawei and ZTE are contributing to smart city development on the continent, but analysts warn that their tools provide authoritarian governments with the means to spy on citizens and promote repression. More than a […]
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.