Indonesia and Ghana: Beneficiaries of New World Bank $100M Plastic Credits Bond
January 30th, 2024
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on an innovative new bond to combat waste, with repayments partially determined by sale of plastic and carbon offset credits: The World Bank and Citi have launched a $100mn bond to combat waste, with repayments partly determined by the sale of plastic and carbon offset credits. The bond, […]
Read more »Ghana’s Extraordinary Digital Transformation
January 11th, 2024
Via New African, a look at Ghana’s extraordinary digitalization makeover: For decades, the haphazard system of property addresses in Ghana verged on the ridiculous. Despite several attempts to have a formalised structure in place, finding directions often required using local landmarks or specific vendors. Thus, the joke went, if the woman selling waakye (a local delicacy) had […]
Read more »Ghana’s Lithium Deal
December 24th, 2023
Via The Africa Report, an article on Ghana’s recent lithium deal: The recent awarding of Ghana’s first lithium mining licence to Australia-incorporated, and London AIM-listed, Atlantic Lithium has sparked intense debate. Despite the care that civil society groups have taken to craft thoughtful improvements, the government’s chief mining advisor has responded dismissively, accusing critics of […]
Read more »TechSafari: Four African Countries To Watch In 2024
December 21st, 2023
Via TechSafari, a look at Africa’s up and coming tech ecosystems in Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, and Zambia: It’s been a few wild years of funding in Africa, with ups and downs. But mostly ups. Last year, African startups raised about $5.4 billion – nearly a billion more than in 2021, and four times what they raised […]
Read more »West Africa’s Energy Transition Offers $1T+ in Investment Opportunities
December 11th, 2023
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on West Africa’s energy transition: West Africa is home to a diverse landscape of energy players, from mature petroleum producers to emerging gas frontiers. For established markets, the energy transition requires decarbonizing and optimizing existing operations, while bringing renewable energy and carbon capture technologies to the forefront. Meanwhile, frontier […]
Read more »Carbon Credits: Africa’s Next Big Export?
November 30th, 2023
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on how African leaders are eyeing carbon markets as a source of scarce capital: In her small house in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, Rose Muthoni shows off her snazzy blue stove. Until recently she was one of the roughly 80% of sub-Saharan Africans who use firewood or charcoal for cooking. […]
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.