Growing Angola’s Agricultural Sector
October 23rd, 2021
Via Angola Press, a report on Angola’s efforts to encourage foreign investment in effort to boost agriculture output, including a pending agreement with the United Arab Emirates on a significant investment into the country’s agriculture sector: Businesspeople from the public and private sectors of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turkey have recently expressed their interest in obtaining concessions […]
Read more »Dubai, The Business Capital of Africa?
April 5th, 2021
Via Middle East Eye, a report on Dubai’s growing relationship with Africa: For hundreds of years, the business capitals of Africa were in Europe – in London, Paris, Berlin and Lisbon. Despite decolonisation, money still flows from Africa to European financial hubs, but over the past decade business headquarters have geographically shifted. Not back to Africa, but […]
Read more »Promising Emerging Markets For 2020
February 16th, 2020
Via Atradius, a report on the most promising emerging market opportunities in 2020: Summary Despite ongoing trade disputes and increased geopolitical uncertainty, there remain several bright spots for export opportunities in emerging markets Brazil, Colombia, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Senegal and Vietnam shine in 2020 as markets with strong growth prospects and limited vulnerability […]
Read more »UAE Allocates $2 Billion For Investment In Mauritania
February 9th, 2020
Via The Middle East Monitor, a report on a recent announcement of UAE investment in Mauritania: The UAE announced, Sunday, that it has allocated $2 billion to Mauritania for the implementation of investment and development projects, and provided soft loans, according to the official Emirates News Agency (WAM). The news agency stated that the initiative comes […]
Read more »UAE Partnering With Nabucco?
June 3rd, 2010
Via Energy Daily, a report that the United Arab Emirates is moving into position as a possible partner in the planned 2,100-mile Nabucco pipeline to pump natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe. As the article notes: “…The Emirates is using its $328 billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in energy-rich Turkmenistan, which has […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Energy Deals
January 4th, 2010
Via Energy Daily, a report on Turkmenistan’s recent decision to award contracts worth 9.7 billion dollars to a series of foreign companies to develop one of the world’s most prized gas fields. As the article notes: “…China National Petroleum Corporation, South Korea’s LG International and UAE-based Petrofac International are among the firms set to develop […]
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.