The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway: Indonesia’s Lessons Learned
November 13th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, an article on lessons Indonesia learned from the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway project: It would be an understatement to say that October was a momentous month for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Beijing celebrated the initiative’s 10th anniversary by holding the third Belt and Road Forum; around the same time, its […]
Read more »Democratic Republic of Congo: ‘Future Is Bankable’
November 11th, 2023
Via The East African, commentary from Kenyan Ambassador to the DRC George Masafu about Democratic Republic of Congo’s bad history of wars and instability, but its bankable future: Summary Mafafu said DRC is a victim of its own history. But since 2018, state authority is being put in place. He said the country’s parliament is enacting […]
Read more »Japan, South Korea to Build Supply Chain for Hydrogen and Ammonia
November 10th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Japanese and South Korean plans to build supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia: Japan and South Korea will build a supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia together, the neighbors’ latest move to expand their base of cooperation in economic security, Nikkei has learned. New frameworks will also be established […]
Read more »Senegal: An Economic Emergence In Waiting?
November 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Senegal’s economic future: Since Senegal’s President Macky Sall came to power in 2012, the country’s economic strategy has been successful, particularly in terms of infrastructure and energy. But on other fronts, including job creation, there is still much to be done. “No one attacks me on my […]
Read more »Namibia Positioned to Benefit from Billion-Dollar Investments
November 10th, 2023
Via The Extractor, one investor’s view that Namibia is well positioned to benefit from billion-dollar investments: Westmount Energy says offshore Namibia looks to be at the early part of the creaming curve with the potential to discover additional large-scale advantaged oil resources. Gerard Walsh, Westmount Energy chairperson, said in the final results report released on 9 […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Signs More Than $500M in Deals with African Countries
November 10th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, an article recent agreements between Saudi Arabia and multiple African countries: Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih said the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, will make some “game changing” investments in Africa. The Saudi Fund for Development plans to sign agreements worth some 2 billion riyals ($533 million) with African […]
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.