Scramble for Natural Resources In Guinea
September 26th, 2021
Via the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a look at the foreign interest in Guinea’s natural resources: Often referred to as Guinea-Conakry to distinguish itself from nearby Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea, as well as the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea, the West African nation of Guinea has an abundance of the world’s most valuable […]
Read more »Zambia’s New President Woos Investors Despite Painful Economic Reforms Ahead
September 12th, 2021
Via FrontierView, commentary on Zambia’s efforts to attract new investors: • New President Hakainde Hichilema was inaugurated on August 24, 2021, after a landslide win over incumbent Edgar Lungu in the August 12 presidential election. Lungu’s PF party also lost its parliamentary majority to Hichilema’s UPND. Lungu’s loss was borne of growing opposition to his […]
Read more »Global Billionaires Bet On Greenland Raw Minerals
August 13th, 2021
Via the Asia Times, an article on a new venture that counts Gates, Bloomberg and Bezos among investors in a major nickel, copper and cobalt mining project: What do deep-pocket billionaires Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and Jeff Bezos have in common? Would you believe, a battery minerals joint venture with Bluejay Mining to develop a major nickel, […]
Read more »The World’s Largest 10 Economies in 2030
July 28th, 2021
Via Visual Capitalist, an interesting look at the world’s largest ten (10) economies in 2030: World’s Largest Economies in 2030 The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Today’s emerging markets are tomorrow’s powerhouses, according to a recent forecast from Standard Chartered, a multinational bank headquartered in London. The bank sees developing economies like […]
Read more »A Jihadi Gold Rush Is Fueling Violence In Africa’s Sahel
June 28th, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on instability in the Sahel and how a jihadi gold rush is fueling violence in Africa: On the side of a rural highway leading south from the city of Kaya in central Burkina Faso, Boureima Ouedraogo mixes gold ore slurry with soapy water in a rusted oil drum, […]
Read more »Mozambique: Militant Activity Disrupting Economic Growth
June 28th, 2021
Via FrontierView, a report on Mozambique: After a mild contraction of 1.4% YOY in 2020, the economy is forecast to grow by 3.2% YOY in 2021 on sharply stronger export revenues—especially coal—vis-à-vis 2020, and looser COVID-19 commercial restrictions. However, this rate reflects a recent deterioration in the growth outlook for 2021 as foreign direct investment […]
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.