Africa’s Energy Frontiers Draw Chinese Investors
February 28th, 2024
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a look at Chinese investment interest in Africa’s energy potential: As the continent’s largest trading partner, China has played an active role in harnessing Africa’s energy resources and developing critical infrastructure to date. As the country seeks to secure future energy supplies – as well as foster regional diplomacy in […]
Read more »Rwanda Offers Security and Business Deals in Bilateral Package
February 15th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a report on Rwanda’s bilateral security agreements which offer competitive business advantages, but at what (future) cost? Two buses chauffeuring journalists embedded with the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) exited Afungi airport in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. The airport, situated inside the main camp of Total Energies, is where the French […]
Read more »Mozambique’s $80B Energy Plan to Tap Zambezi’s Power To Launch Green Hydrogen Sector
February 10th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Mozambique’s $80B energy plan to tap the Zambezi River’s power to launch a green hydrogen industry: Country to release hydrogen strategy during the course of 2024 Transition to cleaner energy seen costing $80 billion by 2050 Mozambique is seeking to become one of Africa’s biggest hydropower producers and launch a […]
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 »Saudi Arabia’s Ambitious African Economic Safari
January 30th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Saudi Arabia’s ambitious economic foray into Africa as part of its drive to become a global power that is less reliant on energy: The monarchy hosted a Saudi-Arab-African economic conference in Riyadh in November, where it committed more than $500m into projects and investments in Africa through […]
Read more »Korea Turns To Africa As China Tightens Graphite Export Curbs
January 17th, 2024
Via The Korea Times, a report on Korea’s efforts to boost ties with Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar in its search for critical minerals: Korean companies and the government are shifting their focus to Africa from China to secure graphite, as Beijing attempts to control exports of the core mineral for rechargeable batteries next month, according […]
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.