In Gear: Russia’s Lada Starts Drive Into Ethiopian Market
October 10th, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at the Russian automaker plans to enter the Ethiopian market, injecting vitality into Russian/Ethiopian economic ties: The Russian carmaker Lada has become the latest in a growing list of international automakers preparing to enter Ethiopia’s fledgling automotive market which has one of the world’s lowest car ownership rates. Under a partnership […]
Read more »Sudan and Ethiopia: Horn of a Dilemma
September 26th, 2023
Via National Interest, commentary on how a rollercoaster of political instability in Ethiopia and Sudan threatens to fracture the Horn of Africa, which would carry profound implications for the international economic corridor along the Red Sea, impacting the Middle East and Europe: The Horn of Africa has long been synonymous with instability and insecurity, and […]
Read more »The Horn Of Africa States: Financing Development Projects Through Crowdfunding
September 24th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on how some Horn Of Africa states are crowdfunding development projects: Developmental projects such as rail and road building, port building, bridge building, airport building, industrial projects, and others in developing countries are mostly financed through either grants/aid from developed countries or financed through traditional financing (banks, both Islamic and non-Islamic). […]
Read more »Ethiopia, Angola To Join Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance
August 31st, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on new additions to Africa’s Green Hydrogen Alliance: Ethiopia and Angola will be announced as new members of the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance (AGHA) at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi from 4-6 September, Jonas Moberg, CEO of the Global Green Hydrogen Organisation, tells The Africa Report. The […]
Read more »Kenya Revives Plans for $13.8 Billion Railway Line to Ethiopia
August 25th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on Kenya’s reactivation of plan to build a railway line to Ethiopia: Kenya plans to begin construction in 2025 of a $13.8 billion high-speed electric railway from its Indian Ocean port of Lamu to Ethiopia and South Sudan. The 3,000-kilometer (1,864-mile) standard-gauge railway will link the new port to the central […]
Read more »BRICS Bloc Grows Heft With Saudi Arabia and Other Mideast Powers
August 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on BRICS expansion: Major emerging market nations invited top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Argentina, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates to join their bloc in a push to expand its global influence. Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa agreed to enlarge their BRICS group from Jan. 1 at a summit held in Johannesburg, […]
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.