The World’s Least Liveable Cities are Starting to Improve
August 1st, 2023
Via The Economist, a report on how cities in the Middle East and Africa currently remain at the bottom of EIU’s liveability index, but their scores are going up: Egypt’s government worries that its citizens may get trapped in their lifts. Frequent power outages in Cairo, the capital, during the sweltering summer months mean that […]
Read more »Iran, Syria Ink MoU to Boost Cooperation in ICT Sector
May 4th, 2023
Via Tasnim News, an article on new cooperation between Iran and Syria in the ICT sector: Iran and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bolster cooperation in the field of communications and information technology (ICT). Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Issa Zarepour, who accompanies President Ebrahim Raisi in his visit […]
Read more »Diplomats Weigh Plans to Broaden Iran-Syria Economic Ties
January 15th, 2023
Via Tasmin News, an article on plans between Iran and Syria to broaden economic ties: The foreign ministers of Iran and Syria discussed ways to promote economic cooperation between the two countries by facilitating interaction between the state-run and private sectors. In a Saturday meeting in Damascus, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Syrian […]
Read more »Syrian Economy: On Brink of Collapse
December 25th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Syria’s economy which is on the brink of collapse: The wages Youssef once earned as a taxi driver in Aleppo used to be enough: though the days were often long, his family had never been in need. But in recent weeks, acute fuel shortages have paralysed regime-held […]
Read more »China Donates Communications Equipment To Syrian Regime
August 22nd, 2022
Via Enab Baladi, a report on China’s recent aid to the Syrian regime in the form of equipment and a communications network which has raised questions about the motives of Beijing: On 20 July, the Syrian regime’s Minister of Communications, Iyad al-Khatib, signed with the Chinese Ambassador to Syria, Feng Biao, an aid agreement, including communications equipment for […]
Read more »China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Risk in Syria May Reap Big Rewards
January 30th, 2022
Via VOA, a report on Syria’s recent decision to join China’s BRI: Syria, a country torn by civil war, recently joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a move analysts say reflects China’s growing interest in the Middle East. Through BRI, China has been investing in and building infrastructure on several continents to realize its […]
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.