How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time
December 16th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how more than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa and – despite growing resentment at France – Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language: French, by most estimates the world’s fifth most spoken language, is changing — perhaps […]
Read more »Tunisia’s Response to Bread Shortages Bode Ill for Its Economic Stability
August 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Stratfor’s Rane Worldview, analysis of Tunisia’s ill thought out response to bread shortages: Tunisia’s struggle to mitigate widespread bread shortages risks eroding its authoritarian president’s popularity, triggering social unrest, and delaying the disbursement of needed funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On Aug. 19, the Tunisian government announced that it would resupply flour […]
Read more »Stifled at Home, Tunisian Tech Finds Success in the West
August 9th, 2023
Via Rest of World, a report on Tunisian tech entrepreneurs who – buoyed by recent acquisitions of InstaDeep and Expensya – are looking outside the country for clients: Tunisian tech startups have been looking to global markets for clients, particularly in the U.S., U.K., and the European Union. Entrepreneurs and experts believe the domestic market […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia to Give Tunisia $500M Amid Economic Crisis
July 20th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, an article on Tunisia’s economic lifeline from Saudi Arabia as it continues to seek help from the kingdom as well as the EU and the IMF as it battles debt and inflation: Saudi Arabia announced $500 million in assistance to Tunisia on Thursday as the North African country continues to struggle with an economic and […]
Read more »Experts Pour Cold Water On Tunisia BRICS ‘Bid’
April 13th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report on Tunisia’s potential bid to join the BRICS block, Analysts are skeptical about an announcement made by supporters of Tunisia’s populist President Kais Saied that the North African country wants to join BRICS, a group of leading emerging economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa that is often […]
Read more »A U.S. / Tunisia Free Trade Agreement?
July 13th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy, some commentary on Tunisia and the possibility of US / Tunisia free trade agreement: House Rules Committee chairman David Dreier (R-CA) announced last week during a visit to Tunis that he intends to head an initiative to propose a free trade agreement between the United States and Tunisia, which experienced a popular […]
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.