Nigeria Targets Lithium and Gold As Oil Wealth Dwindles
June 3rd, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a report on how – as policy inconsistency and insecurity in the Niger Delta has forced oil majors to sell onshore assets – Nigeria is seeking investments in lithium and gold to wean itself off oil receipts, according to Dele Alake, the minister for solid minerals development: Dele Alake, who was […]
Read more »Could Supply Chain Security Take U.S. Firms to Africa?
May 20th, 2024
Via Heritage Foundation, commentary on how the need to develop supply chain security is attracting U.S. firms to Africa: KEY TAKEAWAYS Beginning in August, China will levy export controls on two critical minerals: gallium and geranium. These metals are essential to semiconductor technology. Today, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa are reliable investment destinations, plus Morocco […]
Read more »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 »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.