Bayaba: Gambia’s New Agricultural Hub
January 22nd, 2025
Via The Standard, a look at Bayaba – Gambia’s new agricultural hub: The Jah Agric Farm in Bayaba is poised to significantly reduce Gambia’s reliance on rice, potato, and onion imports. The project, initiated by Jah Oil Company, encompasses 1,200 hectares and aims to expand to 15,000 hectares nationwide, focusing on modern agricultural practices and […]
Read more »Will the Trump Administration Grant the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project a Sanctions Waiver?
January 22nd, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – if Pakistan does not keep its part of the pipeline agreement with Iran – it will have to shell out a potential $18 billion to Tehran: Pakistan’s Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik announced in December that he planned to request a sanctions waiver for the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project from […]
Read more »Namibia’s Oil Dreams In Danger, or Just Delayed?
January 20th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at whether – with Shell writing down a $400m investment, and Chevron backing out – questions should arise about Namibia’s hopes to become a frontier oil producer: Namibia, once considered the “last frontier” for untapped oil reserves, has been the focus of global energy giants since major offshore discoveries […]
Read more »Gwadar International Airport: A Catalyst for Regional Prosperity and Employment Opportunities
January 20th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the long-anticipated operationalization of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) which marks a transformative chapter in the development of Gwadar and its surrounding regions: The long-anticipated operationalization of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) marks a transformative chapter in the development of Gwadar and its surrounding regions. This state-of-the-art […]
Read more »Qatar Bets On Affordable Housing in India, Indonesia
January 20th, 2025
Via Semafor, an article on Qatar’s investment interest in affordable housing: Gulf real estate investments usually revolve around prime properties in cosmopolitan cities, but Qatar’s latest deals are a bit downmarket. The Qatar Investment Authority, Doha’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined private equity firm Warburg Pincus and other investors to buy a $141 million stake in […]
Read more »BRICS Adds Nigeria; Expands to 54.6% of World Population
January 19th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Economy, a report on BRICS addition of a new partner in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with no. 6 population on Earth. BRICS+ now has 10 members & 9 partners, comprising 54.6% of world population & 42.2% of global GDP (PPP) BRICS continues to grow. On 17 January, it officially admitted Nigeria as […]
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.