Dangote’s Search for fresh African Markets Continues with $1bn Bet on Zimbabwe
November 17th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on Nigeria’s Dangote Group decision to revive long-stalled plans in Zimbabwe with a pipeline from Namibia and new plants, testing Harare’s claims of reform and transparency: Aliko Dangote, chair of Nigeria’s Dangote Group, has revived plans to invest in Zimbabwe after years of frustration over bribe demands and tight […]
Read more »Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia: Where the World Bank Sees the Strongest Growth in Africa
October 10th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at where the World Bank sees the strongest growth in Africa: The World Bank has raised growth forecasts for 30 African economies, hailing the continent’s resilience to global shocks and urging a faster push on job creation. Between 2025 and 2050 Africa’s working-age population will expand by 625 million […]
Read more »Inside Africa’s New Cities: Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria Bet Big on Urban Mega Projects
July 30th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at – from Egypt’s sprawling New Administrative Capital to Kenya’s self-contained hub and Nigeria’s reclaimed lands – the companies shaping Africa’s future – and the enduring challenges of equitable growth: Africa’s fast-growing cities are defined by bold new projects, each aiming to address pressing urbanisation challenges. These developments, driven […]
Read more »Africa: Luxury Property’s Final Frontier
June 17th, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on the boom in ultra-prime apartments in Africa’s megacities: IN THE LAGOS edition of Monopoly, a board game, the priciest neighbourhood up for grabs in Nigeria’s commercial capital is Banana Island. The sand-filled addition to Ikoyi, a rich part of town, has become home to some of Nigeria’s hottest property since its […]
Read more »Transsion Wheels Into Africa’s EV Market
June 10th, 2025
Via Rest of World, a look at how the Chinese company behind 50% of Africa’s smartphone sales now wants to dominate its roads: Transsion, Africa’s smartphone leader, is rapidly expanding into the continent’s EV market. Africa’s EV market is estimated to reach $28 billion by 2030 from about $17 billion this year. Transsion has manufacturing […]
Read more »Starlink’s Pan-African Strategy: Byte by Byte
May 22nd, 2025
Via Semafor, a look at how Starlink is stitching together a pan-African strategy in small bytes: By the time Starlink, the satellite internet provider owned by billionaire Elon Musk’s Space X, bumped up its monthly subscription prices in Nigeria by nearly 50% last week, most observers had been expecting the hike. Nigeria’s regulators blocked Starlink’s […]
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.