Reimagining CPEC: A Blueprint For Sustainable Growth
July 20th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on CPEC: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an emblematic project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has long been hailed as a transformative force for Pakistan’s economic landscape. The recent joint statement following Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s five-day visit to China heralds a new era for CPEC, one that promises […]
Read more »Bangladesh’s Internet Blackout Immobilizes Its Booming Tech Industry
July 20th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a report on the impact that Bangladesh’s internet blackout is having upon its booming tech industry: Bangladesh’s tech industry has come to a halt as the nationwide internet blackouts entered a third day, leaving thousands of companies with financial and reputational losses and workers feeling helpless. Internet services in Bangladesh were […]
Read more »Total Hands Security Contract for $20bn Mozambique Gas Project to Rwandan State-Linked Business
July 20th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Total’s decision to hand the security contract for its $20bn Mozambique gas project to a Rwandan state-linked business: A security company backed by Rwanda’s ruling party has been hired to guard TotalEnergie’s giant gas project in Mozambique as Kigali continues its commercial expansion in the country three years […]
Read more »Development Banks Seek to Revive World’s Biggest Power Project
July 20th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on renewed efforts to revive the world’s biggest power project in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Banks are in talks over how to fund Congo’s Grand Inga Grand Inga could produce 40 gigawatts if fully developed Five development finance institutions have banded together to find a way to develop the world’s […]
Read more »Namibia Gets Ready to Become the World’s Newest Oil Hotspot
July 19th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Namibia’s hydrocarbon industry: Namibia has seen billions of barrels of offshore oil finds As drilling ramps up, multibillion-dollar deals are discussed Off a busy pier in Namibia’s main port of Walvis Bay, the seeds of an economic boom are being planted. As workers heave fish from boats, or unload cargoes […]
Read more »The Rollercoaster Ride of Foreign Investment In The Sahel
July 19th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on the rollercoaster ride of foreign investment in the Sahel states: Over the last three years, the member states of the newly christened Confederation of Sahel States have been hit by a fall in foreign investment, particularly Burkina Faso. In its World Investment Report 2024, the United Nations […]
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.