Carbon Credits: Africa’s Next Big Export?
November 30th, 2023
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on how African leaders are eyeing carbon markets as a source of scarce capital: In her small house in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, Rose Muthoni shows off her snazzy blue stove. Until recently she was one of the roughly 80% of sub-Saharan Africans who use firewood or charcoal for cooking. […]
Read more »Tata Minibuses: Key To Success in Dakar
November 23rd, 2023
Via The Africa Report, a look at how a network of minibuses carries more than a million passengers a day in Dakar: Created in the early 2000s, the AFTU network of communal minibuses now carries more than a million passengers a day, mainly in and around the Senegalese capital Dakar. These white communal minibuses with […]
Read more »Senegal: An Economic Emergence In Waiting?
November 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Senegal’s economic future: Since Senegal’s President Macky Sall came to power in 2012, the country’s economic strategy has been successful, particularly in terms of infrastructure and energy. But on other fronts, including job creation, there is still much to be done. “No one attacks me on my […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Signs More Than $500M in Deals with African Countries
November 10th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, an article recent agreements between Saudi Arabia and multiple African countries: Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih said the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, will make some “game changing” investments in Africa. The Saudi Fund for Development plans to sign agreements worth some 2 billion riyals ($533 million) with African […]
Read more »Bill Gates: “5 of the Coolest Innovations I Saw In Senegal”
November 3rd, 2023
Via Gates Notes, a report on Bill Gates’ thoughts on 5 of the coolest innovations he recently saw in Senegal: I had an amazing trip to Senegal last month. I always love getting the chance to travel and see the remarkable work the foundation’s partners are doing firsthand. These visits leave me more energized than […]
Read more »DP World: The UAE firm Taking Over Africa’s Ports
October 29th, 2023
Via BBC, a report on DP World, the UAE firm taking over Africa’s ports: A multimillion-dollar deal signed between Emirati maritime giant DP World and Tanzania on Sunday looks set to further entrench the dominance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Africa’s freight industry. Reports of the $250m (£205m) deal first emerged in July, […]
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.