Investing in South Sudan
January 13th, 2023
Via Norfund, an article about efforts to invest in entrepreneurs and businesses in South Sudan: Norfund continues its investment in Kinyeti Venture Capital (Kinyeti), alongside the Swedish development finance institution Swedfund, with a follow-on loan of up to 4 million USD. Kinyeti is an investment company established in 2012 as a joint venture between Norfund […]
Read more »South Sudan Hopes Planned Port in Djibouti Will Increase Market Access, Profits
September 24th, 2022
Via AllAfrica, a report on South Sudan’s hopes that a planned port in Djibouti will increase market access and profits: Officials in South Sudan confirmed this month they have bought land on the coast of Djibouti to build a port. South Sudan says the port will be key for exporting the country’s crude oil, which currently […]
Read more »South Sudan’s Oil Sector
April 5th, 2022
Via Crisis Group, a look at South Sudan and its nascent oil industry: South Sudan’s fortunes have always been tied to its oil. The discovery of oil in the late 1970s deepened tensions between the South Sudanese and the regime in Khartoum and fueled violence after the outbreak of Africa’s longest-running civil war as both […]
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.