Why US Tech Giants Need Africa
May 27th, 2023
Courtesy of Project Syndicate, a look at – while Big Tech companies are investing heavily in Africa – their poor track record on disinformation and privacy, and their lack of interest in fostering partnerships with African companies, is limiting their prospects: Last year, Google’s Equiano undersea cable began conveying terabytes of data per second to […]
Read more »As Oil Giants Retreat Globally, Smaller Players Rush In
May 23rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a look at how as Big Oil retreats globally, smaller players are filling the gap: Under pressure from shareholders and activists, major energy companies are retreating from higher-polluting and riskier projects around the world. A bunch of smaller companies are rushing in to fill the void. In Nigeria, smaller […]
Read more »Last-Mile Delivery Startups Are Saving The Day For Nigeria’s Small Businesses
May 21st, 2023
Via Rest of World, a look at how inconsistency and theft by independent couriers previously plagued small shops in Nigeria, but now more organized apps benefit riders and sellers alike: As e-commerce booms in Nigeria, small businesses are gaining new customers through social media. But theft and delays by traditional delivery riders have affected sales. […]
Read more »As West Surges Towards Electric Cars, Unwanted Gas Guzzlers Go To Africa
May 21st, 2023
Via CNN, an article on how America’s unwanted gas guzzling cars end up in places like Benin, Nigeria, and Kenya: Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling over the price of a dark red car. It is one of a couple hundred vehicles, parked in long […]
Read more »What’s in An EV Battery? Africa.
May 4th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a detailed look at the role Africa will play in the minerals of tomorrow: The green energy resource has once again thrown Africa into the middle of a global resource race. Will the continent get its fair share this time? The rich veins of Zambia’s north-western copper belt have long […]
Read more »The Nigerian EV Entrepreneur Hoping To Go Head-To-Head With Tesla
April 21st, 2023
Via MIT Technology Review, an article about a Nigerian entrepreneur who started with electric retrofits of community vehicles like motorized tricycles and now aims to bring electrification to communal buses: Nigerians have become accustomed to long lines for gasoline and wild fluctuations in bus fares. Though the country is Africa’s largest producer of oil, its […]
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.