Pakistan, Iran Seal Energy Deal to Power Gwadar
June 9th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on joint Pakistani and Iranian efforts to provide electricity to Gwadar: In May, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a border marketplace and a power transmission line at the Mand-Pishin border crossing. The new transmission line is expected to provide an additional 100 MW of […]
Read more »The Revolutionary Potential of the ‘Lagos Model’
June 9th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on Bola Tinubu’s potential to transform Nigeria: In one of his parting comments after eight years of leading Africa’s largest and most important country, outgoing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to his distant roots as a politician by echoing—seemingly inadvertently—the views he held of his fellow citizens the first time he […]
Read more »DRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s Energy Independence, Myth or Reality?
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the potential for African energy independence: Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation. According to a World Bank estimate, DRC’s resources are ranked third worldwide in the hydroelectric sector, trailing only China and Russia. “With approximately […]
Read more »Revival of TAPI Pipeline Project Brings Serious Geopolitical Implications for Russia
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Jamestown Foundation, an article on how the revival of the TAPI project has serious geopolitical implications for Russia: Turkmenistan and Pakistan continue their talks on the revival of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) pipeline, and a bilateral meeting on the issue in Islamabad will be announced soon—possibly in late June 2023. For its part, […]
Read more »‘Dollarization’ of North Korean Economy, Once Vital, Now Potential Threat to Kim’s Rule
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how North Korea’s potential plan to end use of U.S. dollars and Chinese yuan would likely just cause chaos: Before fleeing North Korea in 2014, Jeon Jae-hyun kept U.S. dollars as a store of value and used Chinese yuan to make everyday purchases at markets, restaurants, and other […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Steps Up Its Effort to Become an International Transit Hub
June 7th, 2023
Via The Jamestown Foundation, a look at Turkmen efforts to become an international transit hub: For most of its just over 30 years of independence, Turkmenistan has been left out of discussions on Central Asia and the role of both north-south and east-west transportation routes linking that region to the rest of the world. Ashgabat […]
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.