The New Investment Superpower Outflanking China and the U.S. in Africa
November 9th, 2024
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a report on the UAE’s billions of dollars of investment into Africa’s mines, ports and other projects: Across the world, the U.S., China and Russia are rubbing up against each other as Beijing and Moscow try to establish a new international order. The tiny United Arab Emirates is looking closer […]
Read more »As Civil War Rages, Sudan’s Government Cancels $6B UAE Port Project
November 5th, 2024
Via The Maritime Executive, a report that Sudan has cancelled the UAE’s planned $6B port investment: The military government of Sudan has canceled a $6 billion port deal with the United Arab Emirates over the UAE’s alleged weapons transfers to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese militia that launched a brutal civil war in April 2023. An […]
Read more »Gold: Mined In Africa, Traded In Dubai, Profiting Warlords and Jihadists
October 25th, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at Africa’s gold mining industry: “It keeps getting worse and worse,” sighs Camry Tagoe, an activist in Accra, the capital. “If you look at Google maps, Ghana has turned from green to brown.” Over the past month Mr Tagoe has helped organise protests across the city that call for an end […]
Read more »Pakistan Struggles To Secure Gulf Investments Amid Economic Crises
October 25th, 2024
Via East Asia Forum, an article on Pakistan’s struggle to secure Gulf investments amid economic crises: In Brief Pakistan is seeking investments from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to mitigate its ongoing financial crisis. But attracting this critical Gulf capital requires substantial improvements in Pakistan’s investment climate. Successful investment attraction will depends on […]
Read more »The United Arab Emirates Is Building Its Own Las Vegas
October 7th, 2024
Via Skift, a report on how the UAE’s emerging casino industry remains under wraps, but growing investments and behind-the-scenes developments indicate a lucrative future, quietly reshaping the region’s tourism and entertainment landscape for foreign travelers: The first rule of casinos in the UAE: You do not talk about casinos in the UAE. In a nation […]
Read more »The Edifice Complex: Skyscrapers Reflect Geopolitical Ambitions
September 28th, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at what skyscrapers reveal about the countries that build them: A skyscraper is a statement of ambition. No surprise, then, that Saudi Arabia wants to build the world’s tallest. Construction on the Jeddah Tower stopped in 2018 but will restart soon; when completed, it will be the first building ever […]
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.