Can Africa Take Advantage of the Critical Minerals Boom?
May 1st, 2024
Via The Atlantic Council, a report on the critical minerals boom and Africa’s opportunities therein: Technology is increasingly influencing the way people around the world live, creating opportunities in some cases and introducing new challenges in others. Just as important as a technology’s impact is the technology’s origin—or origins. Any given technology can be traced […]
Read more »NBA Africa Unveils Startup Accelerator
April 28th, 2024
Via Semafor, a report on NBA Africa’s efforts to plug gaps in the continent’s fledgling sports industry supply chain NBA Africa is trying to plug gaps in the continent’s fledgling sports industry supply chain with a plan to invest and support early-stage startups focused on sports and creative industries in Africa. The Triple Double: NBA Africa […]
Read more »Chinese Food Delivery Giant Debuts In Riyadh As International Growth Accelerates
April 26th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan’s debut in Saudi Arabia: Meituan is said to be working to launch its KeeTa app in the Middle East, with Riyadh as the first stop The firm’s Middle Eastern approach is likely to rely on a familiar subsidy-heavy strategy to draw in users […]
Read more »Asia: Much More Important To U.S. Than Middle East
April 25th, 2024
Via Noahopinion, commentary on why Asia – not the Middle East – is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East: “Some damn fool thing in the Balkans” — Otto von Bismarck In this world of proliferating conflicts, the United States no longer has the power or the money to handle everything at once. We are […]
Read more »The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis
April 24th, 2024
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how heightened geopolitical tensions underscore the urgent need for Western countries to help African countries tackle the ongoing debt crisis. Without Western support, poverty, hunger, and political instability could intensify across the continent, increasing the allure of Russian and Chinese overtures. The United States has a population of roughly 330 […]
Read more »Washington’s Failed Africa Policy Needs a Reset
April 15th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at the U.S. Africa policy: The latest evidence that Washington needs a new Africa policy is on display in Niger. After many months of intense political jockeying, the United States’ security partnership with the country looks likely to end. Following a recent visit by Molly Phee, the U.S. assistant secretary […]
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.