Girl Power is Helping Shape Mongolia’s Digital Future
November 3rd, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how a girls coding boot camp reveals Mongolia’s economic potential to diversify from mining: Tears flow down the cheeks of a teenage girl as she pulls her gaze away from the stage. “I’m happy, but we worked so hard,” she sobs softly. “I wish our project had won.” It […]
Read more »China to Invest $2.8 Billion in Zimbabwe in Lithium, Energy
November 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on China’s plans to invest $2.8B in Zimbabwe’s lithium and energy space: UAE is closest rival with $498.5 million investmnet planned Moere than two thirds of investment licenses go to China firms Chinese companies were awarded licenses in the third quarter that could see $2.79 billion of investment flow into […]
Read more »Africa’s Longest Oil Pipeline Takes Shape in Niger
November 3rd, 2023
Via France 24, a report on an ongoing oil pipeline project in Niger: At Gaya in southwest Niger, near the border with Benin, the longest oil pipeline in Africa is being built. With a projected length of nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) — including 1,250 km in Niger itself — the pipeline will connect oil […]
Read more »Exxaro, Impala, Sibanye… South Africa Goes on a Copper Hunt
October 31st, 2023
Via The Africa Report, an article on South Africa’s copper ambitions: Major players in South Africa are vying for copper mines across the continent, while local producers explore substantial unmined holdings at home. South Africa’s bid to be the continent’s copper giant within the next 10 years is playing out as a two-pronged approach: outbidding […]
Read more »Are Chinese Battery Companies the Next Huawei?
October 31st, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on how electric cars, charging networks, and batteries made in China come with critical security threats: The Biden administration wants half of all new cars sold in the United States to be electric by 2030. Meanwhile, the European Union has taken even bolder steps, mandating that all new cars and […]
Read more »African Lithium Project Boosts US Drive to Close EV Gap on China
October 31st, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an article on Ghana’s lithium project: Ghana’s major lithium project has no funding from China Half of Ewoyaa mine’s output will go to a US refinery Africa’s first major lithium project without Chinese funding is set to bolster US ambitions of developing its own battery-making industry. Half of the output from Ghana’s Ewoyaa […]
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.