UAE Won’t Accept Plan to Extend OPEC+ Agreement Beyond April ‘22
July 4th, 2021
Via Bloomberg, a report on UAE’s refusal to extend the OPEC+ agreement beyond April ‘22: A high-stakes game of oil diplomacy pits Saudi Arabia against long-time ally Abu Dhabi. And the result of their fight will shape not just the price of oil for the next year, but the future of the global energy industry. The […]
Read more »Tesla Superchargers Now Line The Silk Road
July 4th, 2021
Via Zap Map, an interesting update on the Silk Road Supercharger corridor: Tesla China has now completed the Silk Road Supercharger corridor and says it is the longest it has built to date. According to a tweet from Tesla’s Chinese account, the route from east to west in China reaches just over 3,100 miles. The […]
Read more »Uzbekistan – An Economic Role Model For Central Asia’s Belt & Road Initiative
July 4th, 2021
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on how infrastructure developments and financial reforms are positioning Uzbekistan as a Central Asian foreign investment role model: Landlocked Uzbekistan is full of the romance of the old Silk Roads, with ancient and internationally famous cities such as Samarkand, Tashkent and Bukhara all in possession of Central Asian myths, […]
Read more »Egypt Works To Expand Economic Ties With Iraq
July 4th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt, Iraq and Jordan are working to establish an alliance to boost cooperation in various economic fields: Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan are taking new steps toward forming a strategic partnership, which Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi described as the “New Levant” alliance, based primarily on the economic and investment […]
Read more »Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia – Achieving Global Connectivity
July 4th, 2021
Via The Belt and Road News, a report on the Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a project aiming towards connectivity through Central, South, and Southeast Asia into the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Although BRI stretches from Eurasia to Africa, its major states lie in South Asia. Due to […]
Read more »Egyptian Start-Ups Are Africa’s New Venture Capital Darlings
July 4th, 2021
Via Quartz, an article on the growing popularity of Egyptian start ups: From e-commerce to edtech and fintech, Egypt’s start-ups are emerging as the preferred destination for global and regional investment, threatening to overtake South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. Just in the month of June, Egypt’s start-ups are close to surpassing the $190 million they raised in […]
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