Africa’s ‘Warlords’ Are Actually Savvy, Globalized Business Managers
May 11th, 2023
Via World Politics Review, commentary on the business and managerial acumen of Africa’s ‘warlords’: In most Hollywood films that use civil wars in Africa as a plot device, the commanders of armed groups are usually portrayed as erratic tyrants with little understanding of the wider world. Such assumptions even permeate news coverage of subnational militias, […]
Read more »Sudan: Why Gold and War Do Not Mix
May 5th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at the impact that Sudan’s current conflict is having upon its legal – and illegal – gold industry: In 2022, Sudan’s gold exports reached almost $2.5bn, equivalent to about 42tn sold. This was good for almost 45% of national exports before the tables turned the following year in […]
Read more »Sudan: A Market Overview in the Face of Conflict
April 25th, 2023
Via GlobalEDGE, a look at Sudan as conflict rages: The two leading generals of the third largest country in Africa have clashed over the country’s vast economic and political power. So, what is happening on the global economic stage in the face of this conflict? Sudan is in a potential “breadbasket” for the region of […]
Read more »Stakes in Sudan’s War Include Russian Gold, Nile Dam, Key Shipping Lane
April 21st, 2023
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an article on some of the stakes in Sudan’s war: The fate of some of Africa’s most important strategic resources is hanging in the balance as Sudan’s top two generals vie for supremacy, from the waters of the Nile and access to crucial shipping lanes to some of the […]
Read more »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 »Shadow Games on the Red Sea: Scramble for Sudan’s Ports Intensifies
February 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Middle East Eye, a report on the scramble for Sudan’s ports: Strange things are happening along the Sudanese coastline. Foreign operatives appear to be living on small islands in the Red Sea, patrolling the waters around them and banishing the locals. Billion-dollar deals are being made and then unmade. The whole world is […]
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.