Morocco Plans To Set Up EV Battery Gigafactory
July 25th, 2022
Via Asharq Al-Awsat, a report on Morocco’s plans to establish an EV battery gigafactory: Morocco is negotiating with electric vehicle battery manufacturers to set up a plant in the country to mesh with its existing automotive sector and cobalt output. “We hope to sign a deal for the plant before the end of this year,” […]
Read more »Will Morocco Hit An Oil Jackpot?
May 9th, 2022
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Morocco – with its promising prospects, attractive tax incentives, an avalanche of exploration permits – is pulling out all the stops to develop black gold exploration: “Morocco has hydrocarbon potential […] Moroccan basins are underexplored […] Now, significant investments are needed to determine its economic importance and […]
Read more »How Morocco Transformed Itself Into A Carmaking Hub
October 13th, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how Morocco transformed itself into a carmaking hub: Each year, Moroccans buy about 160,000 new cars — a relatively small number for a population of 36m. Yet, despite modest sales, the kingdom has gained critical mass as an automotive manufacturing hub. In 2018, it surpassed South Africa […]
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.