19 Countries Express Interest in Joining BRICS
April 27th, 2023
Courtesy of RANE Worldview, a report on growing interest amongst countries to join BRICS: What Happened: South Africa’s ambassador to BRICS (the informal bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) said 19 countries had expressed an interest in joining the bloc, which will meet in Cape Town on June 2-3 to discuss enlargement, […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Launches Special Economic Zones
April 14th, 2023
Via Geo Politics of South Asia and MENA, a report on Saudi Arabia’s four (4) new Special Economic Zones: According to Saudi Gazette, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, who is also chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, launched on Thursday four new Special Economic Zones in Saudi Arabia. The […]
Read more »Vision 2030 Projects Trigger Real Estate Boom In Saudi Arabia
February 28th, 2023
Via Arab News, a report on the growing real estate boom in Saudi Arabia: With multibillion-dollar projects related to the Vision 2030 strategy, Saudi Arabia’s real estate sector is expected to witness a record boom, real estate experts told Arab News. The expected growth in the sector, they say, will be driven by foreign investors […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia To Deposit $1 Billion In Yemen’s Central Bank
February 22nd, 2023
Via Al Monitor, an article on Saudi Arabia’s pledge to deposit $1 billion in Yemen’s central bank: Saudi Arabia will soon give $1 billion to the internationally recognized Yemen government, according to media reports published on Tuesday. Reuters reported that the kingdom will deposit the money into the government’s central bank based in Aden. The move is in […]
Read more »New Murabba: The New Horizon for Riyadh
February 20th, 2023
An interesting video look at yet another massive project contributing to the transformation of Saudi Arabia – New Murabba, planned to be the largest modern downtown in Riyadh and contribute to the city’s future development in line with Saudi Vision 2030. The New Murabba project will be built around the concept of sustainability, featuring green areas and walking and cycling […]
Read more »Middle East Tech Startups Are A Hot Emerging Market
February 18th, 2023
Via Forbes, an interesting look at the growth of Middle East tech startups: The Middle East and North Africa tech startup scene is sizzling, fueled by rapid growth in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, a new crop of cash-rich investors and Egypt’s newest unicorn. There’s a new entrepreneurial energy from Rabat to Riyadh, […]
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.