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 »Nigeria’s Film Scene Is Blowing Up and The World Is Finally Tuning In
April 3rd, 2024
Via Tech Safari, a look at Nigeria’s rapidly growing film industry: When you go after bad guys who have nothing to lose, only two things can happen: You win, or you pay. Paul Edima paid… and then he won. When corrupt policemen kill his only son, Paul is left with no choice but to return […]
Read more »Nigeria To Grant Mining Licences Only To Companies that Process Locally
March 31st, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on Nigeria’s recent decision to grant mining licences only to companies that process locally: Nigeria will only grant new mining licences to companies that present a plan on how minerals would be processed locally, under new guidelines being developed, a government spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. This signals a shift from Nigeria’s decades-old […]
Read more »Candy Crush: Crushing It In Africa
March 31st, 2024
Courtesy of Semafor, interesting analysis of a recent survey on video games in Africa: I’ve been digging into a survey on video game players across Africa, by Geopoll/Pan Africa Gaming Group, looking for nuggets. It’s a sector which is still in its early stages of development on the continent and has very little analytical coverage. […]
Read more »Uber Drivers ‘Melting’ Amidst Nigeria’s Historic Heat and Record Fuel Prices
March 27th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a sobering report on the impact that rising heat and fuel prices is having upon Nigeria: Uber drivers in Nigeria are suffering from heat-related health issues, but say they cannot afford to reduce their work hours. Drivers say they cannot switch on air conditioning in their cars when they don’t have […]
Read more »Angola & Nigeria: State-Led Petroleum Sector Development
March 23rd, 2024
Via Phenomenal World, a report on state-led petroleum sector development in Angola and Nigeria: Oil and gas producers in Africa, like developing countries across the globe, face a particular problem in pursuing state-led development. The resource curse, and specifically the phenomenon of “Dutch disease,” in which an exporting industry brings in foreign capital and causes 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.