North Africa: On The Rise
November 7th, 2025
Via Global Finance, a report on how North Africa is emerging as a growth engine, led by Egypt and Morocco. But structural challenges persist. This year again, North Africa is the fastest growing region in Africa and the Arab world. Combined GDP growth in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya is expected […]
Read more »Mauritania and Morocco’s Historic Deal to Launch Nouakchott Stock Exchange
April 27th, 2025
Via Middle East Monitor, a report on Mauritania and Morocco’s historic deal to launch a Nouakchott stock exchange: In a major step toward financial modernisation and regional integration, Mauritania and Morocco have signed a landmark agreement to establish the country’s first stock exchange in Nouakchott. The deal, signed on Thursday between the Central Bank of […]
Read more »Exploring Africa’s New Energy Frontiers: 5 Markets to Watch
January 1st, 2025
Via Energy, Capital and Power, a report on five (5) promising African energy markets: Africa’s energy landscape is rapidly evolving, with several markets emerging as key frontiers for oil, gas, and renewable energy development. In 2024, intensified cooperation with global partners drove significant advancements, positioning these nations as pivotal players in shaping the continent’s energy […]
Read more »Is It Time For Africa’s Green Hydrogen Revolution?
May 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Africa’s green hydrogen industry: Although the continent has huge potential to produce ‘green gold’, only a few green hydrogen projects have reached the feasibility study and design phase, and without final investment decisions made. To decarbonise its economy, the European Union (EU) is banking on Africa’s potential […]
Read more »Mauritania, Saudi Arabia to Collaborate on Clean Energy
May 5th, 2024
Via Energy, Capital & Power, a report on efforts between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia to collaborate on clean energy: Mauritania and Saudi Arabia have signed an MOU to promote knowledge exchange and collaboration within the clean energy sector, including renewables, green hydrogen, power and carbon capture technologies. The agreement was signed by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz […]
Read more »African Production of Natural Gas: A Vexing Climate Challenge
February 1st, 2024
Via The Washington Post, a look at African production of natural gas and how it poses a vexing climate challenge: As a young geologist working for Senegal’s state-owned petroleum company in the 1990s, Macky Sall was charged with prospecting for oil and gas in this West African nation. For years, he and his colleagues came […]
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.