Africa’s Energy Frontiers Draw Chinese Investors
February 28th, 2024
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a look at Chinese investment interest in Africa’s energy potential: As the continent’s largest trading partner, China has played an active role in harnessing Africa’s energy resources and developing critical infrastructure to date. As the country seeks to secure future energy supplies – as well as foster regional diplomacy in […]
Read more »China Plans To Spend $1B To Revamp Tanzania-Zambia Railway
February 10th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report that China plans to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway in race to control critical mineral trade routes: The Tazara rail line, first built in the 1970s with Chinese funding, will be updated through public-private partnership The project connecting Zambian copper belt with Dar es Salaam will compete […]
Read more »Fancy a Safari? African Countries On Hunt for Lion’s Share of Chinese Tourists
February 8th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on African tour operators’ efforts to lure more Chinese tourists: After three years cut off from China’s sprawling pool of cash-strapped travellers, tourism operators in countries such as Tanzania are moving fast to lure them back However, Africa remains a niche travel destination, and there are abundant challenges […]
Read more »Zambia Plans New Railway to Spur Trade With Africa’s Great Lakes
January 21st, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on Zambia’s planned new railway: Zambia plans to build a new rail connection to link a Lake Tanganyika harbor to an existing line that runs to neighboring Tanzania, boosting trade with three other nations that share borders with the world’s longest freshwater lake. The southern African nation’s Transport and Logistics […]
Read more »South Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Renewable Energy Leader
January 17th, 2024
Via Semafor, an interesting look at sub-Saharan Africa’s renewable energy generation prospects, illuminating South Africa’s commanding lead: South Africa will produce nearly half of sub-Saharan Africa’s renewable energy generation capacity over the next half decade, the International Energy Agency estimates. Most of the 64 gigawatts of renewables in the region are expected to come from […]
Read more »Korea Turns To Africa As China Tightens Graphite Export Curbs
January 17th, 2024
Via The Korea Times, a report on Korea’s efforts to boost ties with Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar in its search for critical minerals: Korean companies and the government are shifting their focus to Africa from China to secure graphite, as Beijing attempts to control exports of the core mineral for rechargeable batteries next month, according […]
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.