The African Resurgence: From Conflict to Stability
March 1st, 2024
Via The Geopolitics, an article on the growing economic resurgence of Africa: Clearly, the horses have changed. There is a whole new breed of countries surging forward with stellar economic growth patterns; geographically, while there are some countries that have more or less retained their positions through the years, the spotlight has shifted from the […]
Read more »Growth, Returns and Aid Shift Investor Focus to West of Africa
February 23rd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on increasing investment interest in West Africa: West Africa eurobonds on average saw better returns than peers China investment to region has surpassed East, Southern Africa Investors in West African countries are enjoying the best returns on the continent, and are shifting money flows to a region that’s performed well despite […]
Read more »Africa’s Biggest Gas Finds Hit by Political Turmoil and Debt Spirals
February 13th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a look at how Senegal has joined the group of African nations that have had energy hopes dashed, with oil finds weighing on their financial situations: The last thing Senegal needed in its long-drawn-out effort to capitalize on large oil and gas finds off its coast was political turmoil. Africa’s newest natural gas […]
Read more »Dangote Announces $1B Phosphate Investment In Senegal
February 6th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Dangote’s billion-dollar investment in phosphate in Senegal – a project once envisaged in Togo: While Senegal encounters turbulence over its elections timetable, this has not affected Aliko Dangote’s confidence in the country. The Nigerian cement magnate has announced his intention to invest a billion dollars in phosphate in […]
Read more »African Production of Natural Gas: A Vexing Climate Challenge
February 1st, 2024
Via The Washington Post, a look at African production of natural gas and how it poses a vexing climate challenge: As a young geologist working for Senegal’s state-owned petroleum company in the 1990s, Macky Sall was charged with prospecting for oil and gas in this West African nation. For years, he and his colleagues came […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Ambitious African Economic Safari
January 30th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Saudi Arabia’s ambitious economic foray into Africa as part of its drive to become a global power that is less reliant on energy: The monarchy hosted a Saudi-Arab-African economic conference in Riyadh in November, where it committed more than $500m into projects and investments in Africa through […]
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.