IMF Sees Mauritania Growth Almost Tripling on Gas Exports
January 2nd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on Mauritania’s economic growth: Growth forecast at 5.1% in 2024 and 14.3% in 2025 on gas yield Mauritania gas exports may offer alternative supply for Europe The International Monetary Fund expects Mauritania’s economic growth to almost triple in 2025 fueled by gas exports set to start in the second half of this year. Gross […]
Read more »Argentina Pulls Out of Plans to Join BRICS Bloc
January 1st, 2024
Courtesy of BBC, a report that Argentina’s new President, Javier Milei, has withdrawn the country from its planned entry into the expanding Brics club of nations: Argentina’s new President, Javier Milei, has withdrawn the country from its planned entry into the expanding Brics club of nations: In a letter to the leaders of Brazil, Russia, […]
Read more »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 »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.