How China Took Control of Africa’s Lithium
September 25th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – from Zimbabwe to Mali and Ghana – Chinese companies have come to dominate Africa’s emerging lithium industry, bringing an ability to buy, build and process when western rivals hesitate. The latest piece of Africa’s lithium industry to fall into Chinese hands is in Ghana. On 17 […]
Read more »Cocoa OPEC on Spot as Ghana Wobbles and Ecuador Rises
October 3rd, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at how the cocoa OPEC is on the spot as Ghana wobbles and Ecuador rises: Abidjan banks on volume, while Accra fights to hold second place into 2026-2027. Belief in a cocoa ‘OPEC’, despite headwinds. That was the mood on 1 October in Abidjan at the launch of the […]
Read more »Gold and Cocoa: Can Ghana’s Twin Economic Pillars Deliver Under Mahama’s Watch?
May 23rd, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at Ghana’s economic future: Ghana sits atop a wealth of natural treasures – from the gold buried beneath its soil to the cocoa grown on its farms. But as global prices soar, a question emerges: why is this prosperity not reaching the people who need it most? With cocoa […]
Read more »Surf’s Up: Riding The Waves In Ghana
October 27th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on a new surfing community and industry arising in Busua a tiny fishing village in Ghana. Can they go global? Busua is a small fishing village in south-western Ghana. A six-hour drive from Accra, “it’s a place where you feel totally disconnected from the town”, says Sandy Alibo, […]
Read more »U.S. Signs Pact to Build Small Modular Nuclear Plant in Ghana
August 30th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on U.S. plans to build small modular nuclear plants in Ghana: The US-backed project would be Ghana’s first nuclear plant Gas-powered plants account for about half of country’s energy The US has agreed to help build Ghana’s first small modular reactor project in a push to promote nuclear technology as a cleaner energy […]
Read more »Ghana Breaks Ground on Africa’s Next Major Petroleum Hub
August 25th, 2024
Via OilPrice.com, an article on Ghana’s plans to become Africa’s next major petroleum hub: Ghana has officially embarked on constructing a massive $12 billion petroleum hub, a project expected to significantly enhance the country’s position in the global oil and gas industry. Located in the southwestern city of Jomoro, the hub will include a 300,000-barrel-per-day […]
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.