Iran’s Quest For Economic Foothold In Africa
July 12th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a look at Iran’s efforts to sign agreements in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, looking also on the horizon to engage in a tight race with such foreign investors as China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi embarks today at the helm of a large delegation to three […]
Read more »Chinese Mining Company Opens Giant Lithium Processing Plant in Zimbabwe
July 6th, 2023
Via AP News, a report on a new Chinese-funded lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe: A Chinese mining company formally opened a $300 million lithium processing plant Wednesday in Zimbabwe, which has one of the world’s largest reserves of the metal as demand surges globally because of its use in electric car batteries. Zimbabwe has the […]
Read more »Cassava Technologies, Africa’s First ‘Big Tech’?
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Cassava Technologies, a firm that many consider to be Africa’s first “big tech”: For 20 years, Strive Masiyiwa has been building a digital empire beyond the view of traditional American and Chinese giants. Now, the pioneer’s next mission is to monetise the billions of data points captured […]
Read more »Zimbabwe’s First Oil-Gas Well Signals New Era For Foreign Investment
May 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how successful drilling for oil, gas and helium in northeast Zimbabwe shows that the country is open for business: The company said in May that light oil, gas condensate, and helium were confirmed at Mukuyu-1, which forms part of the 80% owned Cabora Bassa project in northeastern […]
Read more »South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe: Descent Into Energy Darkness?
May 24th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, strong insight into Southern Africa’s energy poverty: To observers, it’s incomprehensible that countries with active perennial waterways – via Zambezi River – teeter on the verge of energy poverty. Electricity generation is meant to be a feat of simple engineering, though requiring substantial investment. Moreover, for countries that have eternally […]
Read more »China Dominates Scramble For Zimbabwe’s Lithium
February 28th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at China’s interest in Zimbabwe’s lithium: China and other eastern nations that enjoy cordial relations with Zimbabwe are rushing for lithium as the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government is hoping to make the most of the rising global demand for the white gold. As the global economy goes green, […]
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.