DRC-Rwanda: Rubaya Coltan Mine at the Heart of M23 Financing
February 7th, 2025
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how a coltan mine is integral to M23 funding: In April 2024, Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious mineral are mined every […]
Read more »God, Bars, Roads, and The Struggle for The African Economy
October 9th, 2024
Via Pan African Review, commentary on how a drive into Africa’s heartland serves up endless churches and loud roadside bars rather than factories or other businesses: Some years ago, the Uganda government rebuilt and widened the road from the western region city of Mbarara to Kabale onwards to the border with Rwanda. It was a […]
Read more »Are Rwandan Troops Becoming Cabo Delgado’s Main Security Provider?
September 29th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the growing security relationship between Rwanda and Mozambique: In July 2021, around 1 000 personnel from the Rwanda Defence Force and Rwanda National Police arrived in the terrorist-hit Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado. The province faced a severe threat from violent extremism characterised by increased attacks on civilians and […]
Read more »Rwanda: Banking On Its Rich Mineral Deposits To Attract Investors
August 29th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, an article on Rwanda’s mining potential: In an industry plagued with accusations of environmental degradation, labour abuse and obscure sourcing, Peter Geleta, CEO of Trinity Metals Group, is keen to defend his company’s mining record during The Africa Report’s visit to one of Trinity’s mines in Nyakabingo on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda. Geleta dons a hard […]
Read more »Racing For Brand Visibility: Rwanda Bidding To Host A Formula 1 Race In Kigali
August 9th, 2024
Via Semafor, an article on Rwanda’s interest in hosting a Formula 1 race in Kigali in an effort to further extend its global brand via sport: Rwanda is in talks that could see Kigali host the first Formula 1 race in Africa since the 1993 South African Grand Prix, according to reports. Formula 1 President […]
Read more »Total Hands Security Contract for $20bn Mozambique Gas Project to Rwandan State-Linked Business
July 20th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Total’s decision to hand the security contract for its $20bn Mozambique gas project to a Rwandan state-linked business: A security company backed by Rwanda’s ruling party has been hired to guard TotalEnergie’s giant gas project in Mozambique as Kigali continues its commercial expansion in the country three years […]
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.