Tunisia’s Green Hydrogen Pipe Dream?
August 4th, 2024
Via Africa Is A Country, commentary on how a proposed green hydrogen project in Tunisia prioritizes European energy needs over local sovereignty: In recent months, discussions about green hydrogen in Tunisia have dominated the media, particularly concerning the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on May 28, 2024, between TotalEnergies (a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company), […]
Read more »The Dark Side of Tunisia’s Phosphate Boom
July 30th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, an article on the impact that Kais Saied’s government efforts to capitalize on demand for a critical mineral is having upon Tunisia’s environment: In Tunisia’s Gafsa Valley, the desert takes on a different guise. Rather than the picturesque dunes frequented by tourists farther south, the land bears the scars of a deteriorating […]
Read more »Tunisia and Iran: Why New Commercial Friendship Could Backfire
June 5th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at the Tunisian trade ministry which has promised to act as a bridge between Iranian products and the African market. If confirmed, this strategy would mark a major commercial turning point for Tunis. For the moment, however, it is raising fears. Just 24 hours after the visit of […]
Read more »Middle East And North Africa At An Economic Crossroads
April 21st, 2024
Via Global Finance, a look at whether Egypt and Morocco can keep driving the region’s economic growth? North Africa is the fastest-growing region in the Arab world and Africa. In 2023, the combined gross domestic product of Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya increased by 4.2%, compared with only 1.6% for the […]
Read more »Start Your Engines: Who’s Winning Africa’s Automotive Industry Race?
February 27th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on who’s winning Africa’s automotive industry race: While South Africa and Morocco are the undisputed leaders in the production of new vehicles on the continent, newcomers are after a piece of the action in this high-potential market, which is undergoing radical change. Right now, all roads in the […]
Read more »What Would A Fossil Free Arab World Look Like?
December 20th, 2023
Via Grist, commentary on what abandoning fossil fuels could look like in the Arab world: For the second year in a row, world leaders met in the Arab world to negotiate the future of the planet. As a backdrop to the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, it’s a fitting venue for a planet-wide shift […]
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.