China, Pakistan Celebrate CPEC’s 10-Year Anniversary
July 31st, 2023
Via Tasnim News, a report on CPEC’s 10-year anniversary: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng was due in the Pakistan capital on Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of a mega economic plan that is the cornerstone of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. Since its initiation in 2013, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has seen tens […]
Read more »Rise of AI Newsbots Shakes up India’s Media Landscape
July 31st, 2023
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on one Indian television network’s trial of virtual anchors: When Indian broadcaster Odisha TV introduced a new anchor earlier this month, she garnered mixed reviews, from “pathbreaking” to “robotic” and “emotionless.” The channel’s head, Jagi Mangat Panda, hailed her debut as “a milestone in broadcasting TV and digital journalism.” […]
Read more »AI By The People, For The People: The Indian Workers Behind AI
July 29th, 2023
AI data workers are often among the poorest people in the world, despite providing the lifeblood of a multibillion dollar industry. Karya, an Indian nonprofit, promises to do things differently: not only paying workers high wages, but also royalties. The model doesn’t exist anywhere else. Here is an interesting look at whether Karya’s alternative model can […]
Read more »A Goldilocks Moment for India in the U.S.-China Subsea Cables Race?
July 29th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how – India’s capacity to produce fiber cables – paired with U.S. capability to lay them on the seabed, presents a prime opportunity for New Delhi: At a time when the U.S. is significantly enhancing its presence and primacy across the length and breadth of the Indo-Pacific, the recent […]
Read more »First Quantum Starts Output at Africa’s Biggest Nickel Mine
July 29th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an article on Zambia’s nickel industry: First Quantum Minerals Ltd. started production at what is set to turn into Africa’s biggest nickel mine, furthering Zambia’s aim of becoming a key supplier of battery metals for the electric vehicle revolution. Output at the Enterprise mine in the country’s North-Western Province has commenced, with a new […]
Read more »Why VinFast is Struggling In the US Electric Vehicle Market
July 28th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how the Vietnamese automotive firm’s planned conquest of the American EV market has hit a number of hurdles: Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast made waves when it announced it would be jumping directly into the U.S. auto market and constructing a $4 billion manufacturing facility in North Carolina. […]
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.