The African Resurgence: From Conflict to Stability
March 1st, 2024
Via The Geopolitics, an article on the growing economic resurgence of Africa: Clearly, the horses have changed. There is a whole new breed of countries surging forward with stellar economic growth patterns; geographically, while there are some countries that have more or less retained their positions through the years, the spotlight has shifted from the […]
Read more »Niger, Morocco: Prime Ministers Meet Amid Plans To Diversify Port Access
February 17th, 2024
Courtesy of Rane’s Worldview (subscription required), a report that Niger and Morocco are working to advance plans to help western Sahelian countries diversity their maritime access through Morocco’s ports: What Happened: Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine met with Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch as part of a two-day trip to Morocco, Radio France Internationale […]
Read more »Can Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso Maintain Growth Outside ECOWAS?
February 13th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at whether Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso can maintain growth outside ECOWAS: The three countries shaken by coups have economies with growth prospects above the regional average as they close the door on the regional bloc. On 28 January, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger jointly announced their withdrawal […]
Read more »Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline: What it Means for West Africa
February 5th, 2024
Courtesy of Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline and what it means for nations such as Nigeria, Algeria, and Niger: The aim of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline – set to run from Nigeria’s resource-rich fields in the Warri region through Niger and to the town of Hassi R’Mel in Algeria […]
Read more »Africa’s Growth Prospects in 2024: Niger Forecast To Be Fastest Growing Economy
January 11th, 2024
Courtesy of Semafor, an article on Africa’s growth prospects in 2024: Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is expected to grow by 3.8% in 2024, the World Bank said in a new report. Growth in the region slowed to 2.9% in 2023, from 3.7% and 4.4% in 2022 and 2021, respectively. All but two of the 48 economies in […]
Read more »Scramble for the Sahel – Why France, Russia, China and the U.S. Are Interested in the Region
January 9th, 2024
Via The Conversation, a look at geopolitical and investment interest in the Sahel: The Sahel, a region 3,860km wide located south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African continent, has been a focus of attention around the world recently. In the last decade, issues such as terrorism, insecurity and trafficking have characterised the region. Military takeovers have been a […]
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.