Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline
August 2nd, 2022
Via International Intrigue, a look at the Trans Saharan gas pipeline: Nigeria, Algeria, and Niger have signed a new agreement to build the Trans-Saharan Pipeline, a project designed to transport Nigerian gas to Europe. Securing funding for the project is the first task on their list, and with a rival African pipeline also looking for investors, […]
Read more »The Next Startup Investment Hotspots In West Africa
July 1st, 2022
Via Quartz Africa, a look at the next startup investment hotspots in west Africa: Startup tracker, Africa: The Big Deal’s figures show that since 2019, west African startups have hauled in $4.2 billion, representing 41% of the total funds logged in Africa in that period. “Startups in the region have attracted more funding than in northern […]
Read more »Future of African Oil and Gas
June 10th, 2022
Via McKinsey, a report on how – with momentum for sustainability building – Africa’s oil and gas producing nations have a unique opportunity to embark on an inclusive energy transition and chart a course toward a sustainable future: African’s oil and gas industry is entering a new era. As the world looks to accelerate its […]
Read more »The ‘Satchetisation’ of Africa’s Largest Economy
June 6th, 2022
Via Al Jazeera, an article on how high poverty and inflation rates in Nigeria are leading many businesses, including those in tech, to adopt sachet marketing to survive: In February 2019, Eat’n’Go, the Nigerian franchisee of popular pizza maker Domino’s, introduced a miniature version of the pizza boxes the market was familiar with, for 550 […]
Read more »Why Is Google Laying A Subsea Internet Cable In Africa?
May 29th, 2022
Via Quartz, an article on why Google is laying a subsea internet cable in Africa: Big tech companies from Silicon Valley tend to focus most business attention in the US and Europe where they make the most money. But they are increasingly setting their sights on Africa, too. Amazon is building a Prime Video team to develop […]
Read more »Germany Looking To West Africa For Gas
May 25th, 2022
Via Quartz, an article on how Germany is looking to west Africa to help solve its gas woes: On May 22, Olaf Scholz started a three-day tour of Africa in Senegal—his first since becoming the chancellor of Germany—and said his country wants to help develop natural gas projects off the coast of west Africa. Germany is […]
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.