Ethiopia Applied To The BRICS
June 30th, 2023
Via Al Jazeera, a report that Ethiopia has applied to join the BRICS bloc of emerging economies: Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, has asked to join the BRICS bloc of emerging markets, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The term BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in 2001 to describe the […]
Read more »From Ghana to Zambia: 31 African Cities To Exceed 5M People by 2040
June 30th, 2023
Via McKinsey, a look at the 31 African cities projected to exceed 5m people by 2040: According to a recent McKinsey report, by 2040, there will be 31 cities in Africa with populations in excess of five million. Over the next 20 years, more than 500 million people are expected to move to African cities, […]
Read more »New Data Centers Supercharging Cloud Computing In Smaller African Countries
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Semafor, a look at how developers are ramping up the construction of data centers in African nations outside of the continent’s biggest economies such as Uganda, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Angola, Cote D’Ivoire and Tanzania: A new generation of data centers are being built in Africa’s smaller economies, fueling a […]
Read more »China Holds Upper Hand in Battle With U.S. For Africa’s Energy
April 28th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on how China holds upper hand in battle with U.S. for Africa’s energy: Power generation has become the latest battleground in the China-U.S. competition in Africa, giving resource-poor countries a chance to seek more project funding. Beijing’s investments in energy infrastructure have expanded greatly, while the U.S. has launched a […]
Read more »Planting A SEED: The Horn Of Africa States’ Development Prospects
April 14th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the Horn of Africa states’ economic potential: We must once again revert back to the definition of the Horn of Africa States. It is the easternmost outcrop of Africa shaped like a horn and hence the name of the region, the Horn of Africa States. It consists of the four […]
Read more »Awakening Sleeping Giant: The Ethiopian Economy
March 4th, 2023
Via The Reporter, commentary on Ethiopia: Ethiopia is undoubtedly the economic giant of the Horn of Africa. Since time immemorial, the economy has experienced growth as indicated by its gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), and per capita income. Growth projections are one of the key measures of a growing economy. In this, […]
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.