India’s Quiet Push to Steal More of China’s iPhone Business
February 3rd, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on India’s efforts to win more iPhone business from China: India is quietly grabbing from China more manufacturing of Apple’s iPhones and other electronics gear. It is happening in South Indian industrial areas on muddy plots that were once farmland. In Sriperumbudur, people call Apple “the customer,” […]
Read more »New Scamble for Africa
February 3rd, 2024
Via the Belt and Road Blog, commentary on Africa, China, geopolitics, and the Global South: This January, the foreign ministers of China and the USA went on a tour of Africa in quick succession. US government circles described it as a coincidence, although it is clear that the respective Chinese foreign minister is making his first […]
Read more »The Ethiopia-Somaliland Port Deal Could Sink Djibouti’s Economy
February 3rd, 2024
Via World Politics Review, a look at how the proposed Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal could sink Djibouti’s economy: With a population of just over 1 million people and few tangible resources, Djibouti has long depended on its strategic location alongside the Gulf of Aden and at the entrance to the Red Sea as its main economic asset. […]
Read more »Has Egypt Sold its ‘Most Beautiful’ Beach Town to the UAE?
February 3rd, 2024
Via Middle East Eye, a report that Egypt’s Sisi government is working to finalize a $22bn sale of Ras el-Hikma to the UAE: Reports that investors from the United Arab Emirates will buy the Mediterranean town of Ras el-Hikma in northwestern Egypt have triggered a popular backlash in the country. Pro-government media in Egypt has been buzzing this week […]
Read more »Is Italy’s $6bn Plan for Africa Just PR-Friendly Neocolonialism?
February 3rd, 2024
Courtesy of African Arguments, commentary on Italy’s $6bn Mattei plan for Africa, which was drawn up without any input from African leaders and is named after the controversial founder of Italy’s fossil fuels major: It is troubling that many African leaders who skipped the G77+China Summit in Uganda last week flocked to Rome this week to […]
Read more »Its Snow Joke: Inside Saudi Arabia’s $800 Billion Tourism Moonshot
February 2nd, 2024
Courtesy of Forbes, an interesting look at Saudi Arabia’s $800 billion tourism moonshot — creating private islands, luxury hotels, theme parks, cruise ports, even a desert ski resort. The question remains: If they build it, who will come? Whatever your preconceived notion of Saudi Arabia as a travel destination is, it’s about to be get […]
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.