China Goes Big on Laos Power Projects, Boosting Southeast Asian Sway
March 12th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on some new Belt and Road Mekong River dams to help Beijing secure renewable energy: Chinese state-owned companies are stepping up power infrastructure investment in Laos, including hydroelectric power plants and transmission, expanding their footprint in a country that aims to become the “battery of Southeast Asia.” The Nam Ou […]
Read more »After Success In Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh, China’s Transsion Holdings Sets Its Sights On India
March 11th, 2024
Via Rest of World, an article on Chinese smartphone maker Transsion’s strategy to win hearts and wallets in small-town India: Transsion, the world’s fifth-largest smartphone company, is elbowing for room at the smartphone high table in India. Last year, the Chinese company changed its India strategy, and introduced cheap but good-looking smartphones, with iPhone-like features. Transsion […]
Read more »Malaysia: Surprise Winner from U.S.-China Chip Wars
March 11th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Malaysia’s opportunity to benefit from the U.S.-China chip war: Shortly after a Chinese company opened up nearby, employees at Malaysian contract manufacturer Kemikon walked outside their factory to find sheets of paper stuck to their car windshields. The flyers were from Fengshi Metal Technology, a Suzhou-based rival […]
Read more »Cameroon’s Douala Port: Organized Crime’s Access Point To Illicit Global Markets
March 11th, 2024
Via Daily Maverick, an article on Cameroon’s Douala port keeps organised crime afloat through massive access to illicit global markets In May 2023, a customs official in Douala, Cameroon stamped a shipment of timber for export from the Central African Republic (CAR) to China. It seemed like a routine load, an everyday part of international […]
Read more »Reform Hopes Fade In Turkmenistan
March 11th, 2024
Via Emerging Europe, a look at Turkmenistan: Two years after Serdar Berdymukhammedov replaced his father as president of Turkmenistan, hope that the younger man would reform one of the world’s most closed societies have all but evaporated. When the eccentric Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov stepped down as Turkmen president in 2022 after 16 years in office (having […]
Read more »Namibia’s Top Energy Priorities Through 2030
March 11th, 2024
Via Namibia Business Express, a report on Namibia’s top energy priorities through 2030: Bryan Eiseb, Executive Director of Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has outlined Namibia’s top energy development priorities between now and 2030 highlighting amongst others a complete overhaul of the existing regulatory framework to ensure competitive, attractive terms for investors, as well […]
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.