Zola, Sun King, and M-KOPA: Three Paths To Africa’s Off-Grid Energy Future
June 15th, 2023
Courtesy of Impact Alpha, a look at three (3) different business models powering Africa’s off-grid energy sector: For a decade, access to affordable, reliable and modern energy increased by roughly 100 million people a year – until the global Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the number of people who live without any access to electricity has […]
Read more »DRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s Energy Independence, Myth or Reality?
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the potential for African energy independence: Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation. According to a World Bank estimate, DRC’s resources are ranked third worldwide in the hydroelectric sector, trailing only China and Russia. “With approximately […]
Read more »Kenya Railway Study Shows Chinese Investment Projects Aren’t A One-Way Street
May 30th, 2023
Via The Conversation, an article on how a Kenya railway study shows Chinese-funded investment projects aren’t a one-way street: China is an important economic player in Africa. In 2021 alone, China accounted for nearly US$5 billion in foreign direct investment in African countries. The rapidly increasing Chinese presence across Africa has become a contentious issue […]
Read more »As West Surges Towards Electric Cars, Unwanted Gas Guzzlers Go To Africa
May 21st, 2023
Via CNN, an article on how America’s unwanted gas guzzling cars end up in places like Benin, Nigeria, and Kenya: Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling over the price of a dark red car. It is one of a couple hundred vehicles, parked in long […]
Read more »Kenya: Is Ruto’s government dumping China for the West?
April 17th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Kenya’s shift towards western investors and governments: Kenya is increasingly becoming a darling of the West when it comes to trade and investment, a momentous diplomatic deviation from the East, particularly China, which was the previous regime’s lodestar for nearly a decade: Since the new administration assumed […]
Read more »Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Kenya… Top-Performing Economies In Africa
April 10th, 2023
Via The Africa Report, a look at the top performing economies in Africa: The continent is experiencing an uneven economic recovery, with significant variations from one country to another, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s “Africa’s Pulse” report. Inflationary pressures, threats of recession, and declining investment have contributed to a weak economic […]
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.