UAE Working On 26 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements
March 4th, 2023
Via National News, a report that the UAE is working on 26 comprehensive economic partnership agreements with foreign countries: The UAE is working towards signing 26 comprehensive economic partnership agreements (Cepas) as it seeks to attract more investments and diversify its economy, said Abdulla bin Touq, UAE Minister of Economy. “We have already signed Cepas with India, Indonesia and […]
Read more »How Algeria Aims To Boost Its Non-Oil Exports
March 4th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Algeria’s efforts to diversify its exports: Between 2019 and 2022, international sales of sugar, oil, cement and steel quadrupled. Algiers is now hoping to make $10bn annually to accelerate its economy’s diversification. In these vast arid plains where no trees grow, there are endless rows of greenhouses […]
Read more »Iraq Skiing: Double Black Diamond in the Rough
March 4th, 2023
Courtesy of Air Mail, an article on how – for those brave souls willing to make the journey – the Iraq Ski Rally offers untouched slopes and striking vistas: About 330 winding, transmission-straining miles north of Baghdad’s Green Zone, in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, Iraqi Kurds, and a few foreigners, are re-discovering skiing […]
Read more »North Korea Wants More Control Over Farming Amid Food Shortage
March 4th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report that – as prospects for quickly resolving its food insecurity are dim – North Korea is restricting the operation of markets and devoting much of its scarce resources to its nuclear program: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen state control over agriculture and take a spate of […]
Read more »Somaliland: External Investment, Intensifying Internal Competition
March 4th, 2023
Via African Arguments, commentary on Somaliland and its drive to attract investment and economic growth: The de facto state of Somaliland has earned the reputation of an island of peace, democracy and stability in an otherwise tumultuous Horn of Africa region. Yet this narrative, carefully curated over more than three decades, threatens to come crashing […]
Read more »Awakening Sleeping Giant: The Ethiopian Economy
March 4th, 2023
Via The Reporter, commentary on Ethiopia: Ethiopia is undoubtedly the economic giant of the Horn of Africa. Since time immemorial, the economy has experienced growth as indicated by its gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), and per capita income. Growth projections are one of the key measures of a growing economy. In this, […]
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.