After Half-Century Hiatus, Ethiopia Launches New Stock Exchange
January 12th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a report on how the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) aims to ‘buck the trend’ among African bourses, where listings and liquidity are often lacking: A new stock exchange officially opened in Ethiopia is the country’s first since the fall of Haile Selassie’s imperial regime in 1974. Government officials say the launch of ESX […]
Read more »Global Mining’s Dangerous New Reality: Guns, Hostages, Arrests
January 6th, 2025
Via the Wall Street Journal, a report on how – with the U.S. and China intensifying demand for critical metals and minerals – host countries are making hostile plays for more of the profits: Neil Warburton was finishing up his breakfast of porridge and local honey when the armed soldiers converged. The Australian veteran mining executive […]
Read more »Ethiopia’s Plan for the Red Sea: A Looming Threat to Regional Stability
December 26th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on Ethiopia’s Red Sea strategy which is becoming an increasing threat to the countries of the Red Sea coast: The Ethiopian strategy in the Red Sea is an increasing threat to the countries of the Red Sea coast. Ethiopia has pursued its long-term goals by creating a geopolitical environment that often harms […]
Read more »Ethiopia’s Precarious Economic Reforms
December 19th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s aesthetic vision alone will not create jobs: Addis Ababa’s main avenues are getting a facelift. The Ethiopian capital is adding maroon bike lanes, tree-lined verges, and new storefronts in regulation gray to its biggest streets. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that he […]
Read more »Power Sharing: The $1B ‘Electricity Highway’ Between Ethiopia and Kenya
December 19th, 2024
Via CNN, a report on the $1 billion ‘electricity highway’ comprising 650 miles of transmission lines that allow electricity to flow between Ethiopia and Kenya: Ethiopia and Kenya both embrace renewables for their electricity production. Ethiopia produces all the power for its national grid from renewable sources, and is home to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the […]
Read more »Will Turkiye Brokered Deal Between Ethiopia and Somalia Lower Tensions in the Horn?
December 13th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on the Turkiye brokered deal between Ethiopia and Somalia: Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a joint declaration between Ethiopia and Somalia ‘focuses on the future, not the past’, describing it as the first step towards a new beginning based on peace and cooperation between the neighbours. In 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.