Ethiopia’s First Industrial-Scale Mining Project of the Century: KEFI Gold
January 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Ethiopia’s first industrial-scale mining project of the century: Ethiopia’s first industrial-scale mining project of the century has taken a step closer to fruition as KEFI Gold and Copper secures conditional financing approval from its lead creditor the Trade and Development Bank (TDB), KEFI executive chairman Harry Anagnostaras-Adams tells The Africa […]
Read more »Africa’s Top Smartphone Seller Transsion Is The World’s Fastest Growing Phone Maker
January 18th, 2024
Via Semafor, a report on the world’s fastest growing phone maker: Transsion, the top smartphone seller in Africa, posted the highest annual growth in smartphone shipments in 2023 of the top five phone makers in the world. The Shenzhen, China company shipped 95 million units of smartphones last year, 30.8% more than it did in 2022, according […]
Read more »South Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Renewable Energy Leader
January 17th, 2024
Via Semafor, an interesting look at sub-Saharan Africa’s renewable energy generation prospects, illuminating South Africa’s commanding lead: South Africa will produce nearly half of sub-Saharan Africa’s renewable energy generation capacity over the next half decade, the International Energy Agency estimates. Most of the 64 gigawatts of renewables in the region are expected to come from […]
Read more »Addis Opens Arms Wide to Pakistani Businesses
January 16th, 2024
Via African Intelligence, a look at how Pakistan – as part of its Africa strategy – is adopting a proactive strategy towards Ethiopia: The ratification by Ethiopia’s parliament in mid-December of a trade agreement with Pakistan is set to speed up the establishment of Pakistani companies in the African country. Pharmaceutical firms Sitara Chemicals Industries, D.Watson Pharmacy and Atco […]
Read more »The Drivers and Risks of Ethiopia’s Historic Pact With Somaliland
January 10th, 2024
Courtesy of Stratfor RANE’s Worldview, analysis of the drivers and risks of Ethiopia’s historic pact with Somaliland: Ethiopia’s historical deal with Somaliland granting it commercial and military access to the port of Berbera is part of Addis Ababa’s ambition to reestablish a green-water navy, but the deal’s implementation will likely reshape the politics of the […]
Read more »Politics of Ports in the Horn: War, Peace and Red Sea Rivalries
January 7th, 2024
Via African Arguments, a slightly dated but – given recent issues of shipping in the Red Sea – a highly relevant look at how national, regional and international competition over ports is shaping political alliances and enmities across the Red Sea zone: For over 25 years, maritime strategy and port development in the Red Sea […]
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.