From Farm to Fuel: Inside Eni’s African Biofuels Gamble
March 8th, 2024
Via Transport and Environment, an in-depth look behind the scenes of Eni’s new green strategy: developing new agricultural production channels from scratch in six African countries to supply its refineries and the emerging ‘green’ aviation market. All against the backdrop of the Meloni Government’s new influence strategy in Africa, the Mattei Plan, which gives pride of […]
Read more »Kenya and Ethiopia Deepen Economic Ties to Boost Trade
March 4th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on deepening economic ties between Kenya and Ethiopia: Kenya and Ethiopia have this week signed seven memoranda of understanding, from blue economy, petroleum and energy development to enhance trade relations and investment cooperation. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Nairobi on Wednesday for a two-day state visit […]
Read more »China To Build Kenya’s AFCON Stadium
March 3rd, 2024
Via NTV Kenya, news that Kenya has signed up China Road and Bridge Corporation to build a 60,000-seat stadium in Nairobi for Africa’s biggest sporting competition, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). It comes ahead of AFCON 2027, which Kenya will host jointly with its neighbors Tanzania and Uganda. Kenya sports ministry The facility, set […]
Read more »Africa Needs China For Its Digital Development – But At What Price?
February 28th, 2024
Via The East African, commentary on China’s involvement in many African nations’ digital development: The global market for information and communication technology infrastructure is controlled by a handful of producers. It is sometimes assumed that African leaders choose Chinese providers because they offer the cheapest technology. Researchers believe that China’s export of critical infrastructure components will enable military and industrial […]
Read more »How African Wind Power Seduced Global Investment Giant BlackRock
February 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on the recent decision by BlackRock’s climate fund to buy Vestas’ stake in the Lake Turkana project, Africa’s largest wind farm: BlackRock continues to increase its stake in Africa’s largest wind farm, which has a generating capacity of 310MWh. Denmark’s Vestas Wind System, which has been keen to sell […]
Read more »Top 5 Emerging Market Import / Export Centers in 2024
January 24th, 2024
Via The Business Year, an article on which emerging market countries are essential nodes in global trade in 2024? One way of looking at international trade is to see it as the cumulative exchange of goods and services across borders over time. Every component used in a finished product has been through the import/export process several times […]
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.