Planting A SEED: The Horn Of Africa States’ Development Prospects
April 14th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the Horn of Africa states’ economic potential: We must once again revert back to the definition of the Horn of Africa States. It is the easternmost outcrop of Africa shaped like a horn and hence the name of the region, the Horn of Africa States. It consists of the four […]
Read more »Somalia Hasn’t Printed New Cash Since 1991. Now A Top Priority
April 11th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an article on Somalia’s Central Bank’s priorities: The Central Bank of Somalia’s top priority is to reestablish the nation’s currency, which will enable it to take full control of monetary policy, its governor said. Somalia hasn’t printed new banknotes since descending into a civil war after the government collapsed in 1991. Most of […]
Read more »Somaliland: External Investment, Intensifying Internal Competition
March 4th, 2023
Via African Arguments, commentary on Somaliland and its drive to attract investment and economic growth: The de facto state of Somaliland has earned the reputation of an island of peace, democracy and stability in an otherwise tumultuous Horn of Africa region. Yet this narrative, carefully curated over more than three decades, threatens to come crashing […]
Read more »Somaliland’s Oil Find Could Reset The Regional Balance
February 18th, 2023
Via The Conversation, a report on how the presence of oil in Somaliland has raised the stakes in Somaliland’s claim for independence from Somalia as it holds the potential for a new stream of revenue for the semi-autonomous state: What is Somaliland’s hydrocarbon potential? In 2020, Norwegian seismic survey company, TGS, estimated that the Somali basin […]
Read more »Should Somalia Fast-Track Its Membership To The EAC?
February 18th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Somalia’s EAC membership strategy: Somalia’s geographical location and its citizen’s inherent entrepreneurial spirit to explore new markets have contributed to the country’s desire to join the EAC. Efforts to join the regional block started years back but stalled after the fall of the central government in 1991. […]
Read more »EAC Assessing Somalia’s Readiness To Join Bloc
January 25th, 2023
Via The New Times, a report that the East African Community is considering Somalia’s readiness to join: The East African Community on Wednesday, January 25, launched its verification mission to assess Somalia’s readiness to join the regional economic community. This comes after the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on July 21, 2022, rekindled his country’s […]
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.