Taking the Lagos Train
May 15th, 2024
Via Africa as a Country, commentary on the impact that Lagos’ new mass rapid transit has upon social stratification: The arrival of mass rapid transit in the city offers a new metaphor for Nigeria’s social stratification. For a moment, Pride & Prejudice finally had some sound. For Nigerians familiar with the movie, and who have also taken […]
Read more »China’s Fintech Footprint in Africa
May 13th, 2024
Via The Wire, a look at China’s fintech footprint in Africa: Instead of visiting a bank, Nigerians who need to move money are now just as likely to visit a street market and speak to an agent working for OPay, a Chinese-backed fintech company. These agents form part of a vast network that has propelled […]
Read more »Will Qatar Take A Bite of the Juicy, But Green, Nigerian Apple?
April 20th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a look at the possibility for Qatar to invest in Nigeria: With Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund at almost $500bn, Nigeria – which is in dire need of foreign direct investment to shore up its currency – is hoping the Gulf nation will throw some money its way. Just weeks after Egypt […]
Read more »China Steers Course for African Ports In Renewed Diplomatic Push
April 14th, 2024
Via China Strategy, a report on China’s interest in African ports via a renewed diplomatic push” On March 23, the ships arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for a five-day stopover before heading to the port of Maputo in Mozambique on April 1 for another five-day tour. While in Tanzania, representatives visited the Dar es […]
Read more »Climate Change Made West Africa’s ‘Dangerous Humid Heatwave’ 10x More Likely
April 10th, 2024
Via ClimateBrief, a report on how climate change made west Africa’s ‘dangerous humid heatwave’ 10 times more likely: The “dangerous humid heat” that engulfed western Africa in mid-February was made 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new rapid attribution study finds. Throughout February, western Africa was hit by unusually intense heat. Temperatures exceeded 40C […]
Read more »Emerging Powers and the Future of American Statecraft
April 10th, 2024
Via the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a new report on how, collectively, emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are growing in their geopolitical weight and diplomatic ambition. How closely do they align with the United States when it comes to Russia and China? What drives their decisions on the […]
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.