African Coastal Nations See Opportunities While Landlocked Pay The Price
April 14th, 2024
Via The East African, an article on the opportunities seen by African coastal nations: Summary UNCTAD says long distances to the sea, poor road or railway have left these countries “with far higher bills to import and export goods by road and rail. In many places, poor infrastructure and border bureaucracy add time, cost and […]
Read more »The African Legion: Russia’s Newest Tool To Advance Its African Agenda
April 14th, 2024
Via Diplomatic Courier, a report on Russia’s plan to replace the Wagner Group in Africa with a new, less independent paramilitary group called the African Legion. The goal is to better place Russia for its confrontation with the West, and there could be major repercussions for the region and the world: Since Yevgeny Prigozhins, the […]
Read more »The New Corridor Competition Between Washington and Beijing
April 14th, 2024
Via Carnegie Endowment, a look at the new corridor competition between Washington and Beijing, and how these groundbreaking infrastructure projects will shape cities and geopolitics: These corridors represent a new way of thinking about geography by tying countries, regions, and continents together in radically new ways via connective infrastructure—and offering the prospect of accelerated economic […]
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 »How Abu Dhabi Is Building The World’s First Esports Island Into Its Future
April 12th, 2024
Via Forbes, a report on Abu Dhabi’s efforts to build the world’s first esports island: In Abu Dhabi, two modern high-rises bookend a cluster of multi-story, low-lying buildings. At the moment, the structures appear in renderings for what would be the world’s first esports island. But while investments in esports have been cooling off in […]
Read more »Foreign Investment Undermined by Corruption Risks In Iraqi Kurdistan
April 12th, 2024
Via Diplomatic Courier, an article on Iraqi Kurdistan which was once seen as a beacon of promise in the troubled country, but things have changed in recent years. Corruption and a disregard for rule of law are worrying for prospective international investors who are now avoiding Kurdistan: Iraq’s semi–autonomous Kurdistan Region, which was once seen […]
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.