Power Sharing: The $1B ‘Electricity Highway’ Between Ethiopia and Kenya
December 19th, 2024
Via CNN, a report on the $1 billion ‘electricity highway’ comprising 650 miles of transmission lines that allow electricity to flow between Ethiopia and Kenya: Ethiopia and Kenya both embrace renewables for their electricity production. Ethiopia produces all the power for its national grid from renewable sources, and is home to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the […]
Read more »Tullow CEO Sees Stunted Kenya Oil Project as Fix for South Sudan
November 8th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on a possible option to help transport South Sudan oil: Oil company made Kenya discoveries more than a decade ago South Sudan’s exports have been held up by a broken pipeline Tullow Oil Plc’s delayed project to export oil from discoveries in Kenya by pipeline to the coast could be a […]
Read more »JPMorgan Opens Offices in Kenya, Ivory Coast in Africa Push
October 29th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a look at JPMorgan’s growing interest in Africa: US lender hires ex-central banker to run business in Kenya Ex-central banker Montet managed Kenya’s foreign reserves JPMorgan Chase & Co. opened representative offices in Kenya and Ivory Coast as part of an effort expand in east and west Africa. The biggest US bank has […]
Read more »Meg Whitman’s Mission in Africa: American Tech Over Chinese
October 28th, 2024
Via Blooomberg, an article on how the U.S. ambassador to Kenya – the former eBay and HP CEO – has made a priority of counterbalancing Chinese influence on the continent: When Meg Whitman was living in California and running first eBay Inc. and then HP Inc., the idea that Africa had some role to play in her businesses rarely crossed […]
Read more »Could Ugandan Rail Deal Convince China To Help Get Kenyan Project Back On Track?
October 23rd, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on a recently announced rail project in Uganda could have wide-ranging implications for neighbouring Kenya: A Ugandan construction deal could provide the impetus needed to see China hand over extra financing to a stalled rail project in Kenya, according to observers. On Monday last week, Uganda awarded Turkish construction firm Yapi […]
Read more »Kenya: Looks To Become A Semiconductor Manufacturing Player
October 5th, 2024
Via The Diplomatic Courier, an article on Kenya’s semiconductor ambitions: Kenya is the leader in Africa when it comes to manufacturing semiconductors, and given Africa regularly exports critical minerals for semiconductor production, Kenya and its trade partners could reap great benefits through expanded manufacturing capacity. To date, Kenya has struggled to attract enough investment to […]
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.