Kelp Blue Plans to Issue Africa’s First Corporate Blue Bond
November 13th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on an innovative blue finance initiative in Namibia: Bond will be listed on the Namibia Stock Exchange in 2025 The seaweed startup seeks to raise $173 million by 2028 Kelp Blue plans to issue Africa’s first corporate blue bond next year to expand its giant kelp forests along Namibia’s coast. The […]
Read more »Chinese Firms To Build Namibia’s Largest Solar Power Plant
September 15th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on plans that will see Chinese firms build Namibia’s largest solar power plant: Namibia’s state-owned power utility NamPower on Monday said it had signed a contract with two Chinese firms to start building the country’s largest solar power plant. The southern African country is a net importer of electricity, relying on […]
Read more »As Shell and ExxonMobil Sell Onshore Assets, Are Africa’s Indigenous Producers Ready?
September 5th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at whether – as Shell and ExxonMobil sell onshore assets – Africa’s indigenous producers are ready? As oil majors shift focus to deep offshore exploration in Africa, local producers face rising costs and complex challenges in a rapidly evolving industry landscape. A long-term shift by oil majors towards deep […]
Read more »Namibia Gets Ready to Become the World’s Newest Oil Hotspot
July 19th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Namibia’s hydrocarbon industry: Namibia has seen billions of barrels of offshore oil finds As drilling ramps up, multibillion-dollar deals are discussed Off a busy pier in Namibia’s main port of Walvis Bay, the seeds of an economic boom are being planted. As workers heave fish from boats, or unload cargoes […]
Read more »Namibia: Continuing To Peak Interest of Investment World
July 7th, 2024
Via Namibia Business Express, commentary on growing investment interest in Namibia: We often hear the term “you can love where you live, but you don’t have to invest there”. And for many years this might have felt like the reality for Namibian investors. Opportunities were not necessarily limited, but South African and offshore markets always […]
Read more »Oil Find Helps Namibia Transform Into Business Route for Airlink
July 5th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on the impact that Namibia’s oil and gas finds are having upon air travel: Airlink plans to upgrade to bigger aircraft in due time Airlink has commercial partnerships with Qatar and Emirates Oil and gas discoveries in Namibia are transforming the nation into a high-end business travel destination from a tourist […]
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.