Morocco: China’s New Eldorado for Electric Batteries?
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on China’s strategic interest in Morocco: Several Chinese groups announced intentions to make electric batteries in Morocco in 2023. The second in a four-part series looks at why Morocco is perfectly placed to profit from the latest EV developments being adopted by Tesla, Volkswagen and others. In August […]
Read more »Mongolia on Brink of Mega Mining Deal with French Multinational
January 23rd, 2024
Via Energy Daily, a report that Mongolia is on the brink of mega uranium mining deal with a French multinational: Mongolia is close to reaching an agreement with French multinational nuclear company Orano to exploit a vast uranium mine, Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene told AFP in Davos. French President Emmanuel Macron and his Mongolian counterpart […]
Read more »Afghanistan: Critically Important Trade Route For Kazakhstan
January 23rd, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on Afghanistan’s market and its position as a trade route that can connect Central Asia to South Asian ports are critically important to Kazakhstan: As the global community experiences a turbulent and unpredictable period, Kazakhstan, alongside other countries, faces a range of challenges and risks. A timely reorientation and adjustment […]
Read more »Annual FDI Standouts 2024 Watchlist: Namibia, Cambodia, Philippines, Iraq, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Serbia
January 23rd, 2024
A look at the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) momentum leaders in 2024, courtesy of fDiInsights Annual FDI Standouts Watchlist. What does this mean for the everyday countries such as Cambodia, Philippines, Namibia, or Iraq? FDI or Foreign Direct Investment, is a critical economic indicator measuring international investment inflow. For #Namibia, for example, ranking 5th implies […]
Read more »North Korea’s Model Chicken Farm Opens With Plans for More
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of 38 North, a look at North Korea’s new model chicken farm: The Kwangchon Chicken Farm is finally up and running, according to North Korean state media. The project is said to have been “personally initiated” by Kim Jong Un and is being held up as a new model for the country’s poultry production […]
Read more »China Targets Increased Trade with Namibia Beyond US$1B
January 23rd, 2024
Via The Brief, a report that China is targeting increased trade with Namibia: China says it is committed to increasing trade with Namibia beyond the US$1 billion (N$18 billion) attained last year, through enhanced collaborations in agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and mining. Official statistics show that from January to September 2023, China-Namibia bilateral trade volume reached […]
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.