Africa’s New Cities – Urban Utopias or Future Ghost Towns?
December 29th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – from Cairo to Libreville and Dakar – new towns are proliferating, driven by massive investments and futuristic promises. While they inspire dreams for many residents, they remain difficult to bring to life: From the Egyptian desert to Senegal’s clay soils, in recent years, African governments have caught construction fever, […]
Read more »Africa’s Forgotten Battleground in the US-China Tech War
September 24th, 2025
Via Semafor, a report on Africa’s forgotten battleground in the US-China tech war: Of all the battlegrounds in Washington’s technology war with Beijing, the Great Rift Valley may be the most beautiful. Rolling green hills stretch for miles against the backdrop of a bright blue sky, punctuated only by white clouds hovering over the highest […]
Read more »Inside Africa’s New Cities: Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria Bet Big on Urban Mega Projects
July 30th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at – from Egypt’s sprawling New Administrative Capital to Kenya’s self-contained hub and Nigeria’s reclaimed lands – the companies shaping Africa’s future – and the enduring challenges of equitable growth: Africa’s fast-growing cities are defined by bold new projects, each aiming to address pressing urbanisation challenges. These developments, driven […]
Read more »Kenya Unrest Offers East African Rivals An Investment Opportunity
July 16th, 2025
Via Semafor, commentary on how recent Kenyan unrest is offering its East African rivals an investment opportunity: Kenya’s neighbours stand to attract investors who are increasingly wary of the political volatility that has gripped East Africa’s biggest economy. Deadly protests marking a year since the wave of anti-government demonstrations that shook Kenya — once again […]
Read more »Africa: The World’s Next Back Office?
July 2nd, 2025
Via The Economist, a look at how call centers could become a ‘gold mine’ for Africa: Mercy Mugure first heard about business-process outsourcing (BPO) in the mid-2000s. Word of how the practice was transforming India, its global champion, reached Africa, which had largely missed out on the fruits of globalisation. “We thought: why not us?” says […]
Read more »Africa’s Charcoal Economy: Keeping the Home Fires Burning
May 16th, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on Africa’s charcoal economy and why a dirty fuel remains stubbornly important on the continent: When Gibril Ali talks of “black gold”, he does not mean oil. He buys it in sacks, not barrels. He sells it to his customers in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, from a metal shack. But in Kenya […]
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.