How ENI Found an Alternative to Russian Gas in Africa
February 2nd, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – in the wake of the war in Ukraine – the Italian giant was forced to turn its back on Moscow. Over four years, it has turned the continent – Brazzaville to Luanda via Maputo – into its new gas stronghold: As the Russia-Ukraine war drags on, ENI has completed […]
Read more »Is Tourism Mozambique’s Next Economic Revolution?
December 17th, 2025
Via The Business Year, a look at Mozambique’s tourism potential: As Mozambique continues to diversify its economic model beyond extractive industries, tourism is increasingly emerging as one of the country’s most promising long-term growth engines. This strategic shift was clearly articulated at the Mozambique Tourism Summit 2025, held in Vilankulo, Inhambane Province, a location symbolically […]
Read more »Algeria : Sonatrach Expands its Footprint in Southern Africa
October 24th, 2025
Via Africa News Agency, a report on Sonatrach expanding its footprint in Southern Africa: Algeria’s Sonatrach and Mozambique’s ENH (Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos E.P.) signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in the oil and gas sector. The agreement, inked in Maputo by Rachid Hachichi (Sonatrach CEO) and Ludovina Bernardo (ENH Chair), with Algerian […]
Read more »Mozambique’s $6.4 Billion Hydropower Plan to Get World Bank Funding
July 22nd, 2025
Via Bloomberg, an article on Mozambique’s hydropower plan: Mozambique won World Bank backing for its plan to build Southern Africa’s biggest hydropower plant in half a century. The lender plans to provide debt and equity funding as well as risk guarantees and insurance for the $5 billion Mphanda Nkuwa plant on the Zambezi river and an […]
Read more »What TotalEnergies Is Betting On Its Mozambique Megaproject
May 7th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a report why TotalEnergies is now betting on its Mozambique megaproject: Halted since 2021 following a jihadist attack, the Mozambique LNG project is set to resume by mid-2025, announced Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of the French energy giant. There is renewed optimism surrounding TotalEnergies’ massive project in Mozambique. Suspended in 2021 after […]
Read more »Why the U.S. Keeps Losing to China in the Battle Over Critical Minerals
March 11th, 2025
Via The Wall Street Journal, a report on how the West got its hands on one of the world’s best graphite mines—then things started going off the rails: When mining executive Shaun Verner first visited his company’s graphite deposit in Mozambique in 2017, he felt sure he had a winner. His goal: to challenge China’s dominance over […]
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.