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 »China, US Deals and Robots Headline Saudi Arabia’s LEAP Tech Event
February 12th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report on Saudi Arabia’s second LEAP technology event: Saudi Arabia’s second LEAP technology event on Tuesday saw a host of landmark partnerships and billion-dollar investments take place with major Chinese and US companies, in line with the last phase of the country’s national strategy for digital transformation. On the first day of the […]
Read more »BRICS Reaching Out To PEAKS: The Next Wave Of Expansion
February 11th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on the potential next wave of expansion for the BRICS: Throughout 2022 the theme of BRICS expansion has taken on notable momentum as China’s BRICS+ initiative has engendered increasing aspirations from some of the largest developing economies to join the BRICS grouping. Countries from diverse geographies such as Argentina, Turkey, […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia To Invest $266B In ‘Cleaner’ Energy
January 31st, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report that Saudi Arabia plans to invest $266 bn in ‘cleaner’ energy: Saudi Arabia plans to invest more than $266 billion to produce cleaner electricity and expand its power grid, the kingdom’s energy minister said Monday. Speaking at a forum organised by Saudi oil giant Aramco, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the […]
Read more »The New Bankers to the World Aren’t on Wall Street
January 18th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an interesting report on how Middle East sovereign funds spent almost $89 billion globally last year, with deal makers using their wealth to diversify their economies and win geopolitical influence: When Credit Suisse Group AG, Sam Bankman-Fried and Asia’s richest men were hunting for funds in recent months, they all turned to the same place — […]
Read more »Saudi Aramco Bets On Being The Last Oil Major Standing
January 17th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how – while some western energy companies prepare for a future less reliant on fossil fuels – Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest supplier is doubling down: In Abqaiq, the biggest oil processing facility on the planet, there is no sense the world may be coming to the […]
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.