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 »From Cape Coast To Ibadan, Africa’s Future Is In Its Second Cities
November 28th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the potential of Africa’s secondary cities: Frequently neglected by authorities, the continent’s second cities will nevertheless absorb a large part of its demographic transition. More agile than metropolises, they are changing the face of Africa. The secondary city is defined above all by what it is not: […]
Read more »Africa’s Supermarket Revolution
November 28th, 2023
Via The Economist, a report on Africa’s retail revolution as it plays out in the supermarket sector: To walk along the main road in Ruaka, a town on the outskirts of Nairobi, is to glimpse the extremes of African shopping. Market stalls selling vegetables and charcoal spill onto the street. In the distance is a […]
Read more »Local Investors are Shying Away from Africa’s EV Revolution
November 15th, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at how local investors are shying away from Africa’s EV revolution: A lack of local investment in African electric vehicle companies threatens the growth of the continent’s green transportation sector. It undermines efforts to introduce cleaner forms of mass transport that would reduce pollution in heavily congested cities. Demand among individuals […]
Read more »Power Ship Company that Cut Electricity in African Cities Eyes Expansion
November 7th, 2023
Via Semafor, an article on Karpowership’s plans to grow its African footprint: A Turkish company whose floating power ships switched off the electricity supply to two of Africa’s poorest cities in recent months says it is in talks with six more countries to expand across the continent. But critics argue it only provides a short […]
Read more »Carbon Capture Pioneer Eyes Kenyan Opportunities
November 5th, 2023
Via African Business, an article on Climeworks’, which operates direct air capture technology, exploration of opportunities in Kenya: Kenya is in line to become a hub for carbon capture and storage, after Swiss company Climeworks announced it is looking into options for a large-scale facility in the country. Climework’s possible entry into the country is a […]
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.