Ethiopia Signs Pact to Use Somaliland’s Red Sea Port
January 1st, 2024
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on Ethiopian plans to use Somaliland’s Red Sea port: Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said. The Horn of Africa country currently relies on neighbouring Djibouti for most of […]
Read more »Namibia: Plans To Manufacture Solar Panels, Copper Cables, Electrolysers, and Wind Turbines
January 1st, 2024
Via The Extractor, an article on Namibia’s plans to manufacture solar panels, copper cables, electrolysers, and wind turbines: Namibia has identified 15 industries across four categories to manufacture renewable energy hardware, solar panels, copper cables, electrolysers, and wind turbines as part of its green industrialisation strategy. In addition, there could be the processing of battery materials, […]
Read more »Republic of the Congo: 2024 Economic Overview
January 1st, 2024
Via The Business Year, a cursory overview of the economic landscape in the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) in 2024. The economy of the Republic of the Congo is almost exclusively commodity-based, particularly relying on the export of natural resources—a shortcoming that most observers agree must be addressed. The Republic of the Congo is the third-largest […]
Read more »Myanmar and China’s CITIC to Resume Stalled Deepwater Port Project
December 29th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s decision to resume a stalled deepwater port project in Myanmar that is envisioned as Beijing’s gateway to Indian Ocean under Belt and Road: Myanmar’s long-delayed deepwater port project, backed in part by Chinese state-owned financial conglomerate CITIC Group, appears set to resume work. Representatives from CITIC and Myanmar’s military government held […]
Read more »Attack on Pakistan Highway to China Shakes Key Belt and Road Link
December 29th, 2023
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on the impact that a recent attack on Pakistan highway to China has had upon a key Belt and Road link: A militant attack in the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, near the Chinese border, has rekindled concerns over security on a highway considered crucial for developing the […]
Read more »America Should See India as a Bridge to the Rest of the World
December 26th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on how to thwart China’s bid to lead the Global South: When India chaired the G-20 summit in New Delhi in September, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the meeting, sending the country’s premier, Li Qiang, in his place. The Chinese government did not account for Xi’s decision to miss such […]
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.