The Tide Is Turning In Africa
June 21st, 2024
Via Frontier Markets, a look at African markets: Negative news coverage from Africa is overshadowing a surprisingly positive trend developing across the continent It’s now been more than a decade [...]
Climate Change Imperils Taliban’s Shift From Opium
June 21st, 2024 Via The Washington Post, a report on how prolonged droughts attributed to climate change are making it hard for Afghans to grow other field crops and fruits, but hardy opium poppies can still thrive: [...]
June 21st, 2024 Via The Washington Post, a report on how prolonged droughts attributed to climate change are making it hard for Afghans to grow other field crops and fruits, but hardy opium poppies can still thrive: [...]
China’s Sri Lanka Refinery Alarms India
June 21st, 2024 Via Eurasia Review, a look at – in a move that will up alarms in India – China’s giant conglomerate Sinopec is entering Sri Lanka’s energy market with its inaugural overseas refinery [...]
June 21st, 2024 Via Eurasia Review, a look at – in a move that will up alarms in India – China’s giant conglomerate Sinopec is entering Sri Lanka’s energy market with its inaugural overseas refinery [...]
US-China In New, Intense Tug-of-War for Cambodia
June 20th, 2024 Via The Asia Times, a look at how both Beijing and Washington seem to have sensed change in tone under new PM Hun Manet and are making moves to win his favor: On June 4, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd [...]
June 20th, 2024 Via The Asia Times, a look at how both Beijing and Washington seem to have sensed change in tone under new PM Hun Manet and are making moves to win his favor: On June 4, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd [...]
Africa’s Copperbelt Sets Off Investment Race for EV Metals
June 20th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a look at the growing investment race for EV metals in Africa: Businesses from the U.S., Japan and Europe are moving to tap mineral reserves in Central Africa, using the latest [...]
June 20th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a look at the growing investment race for EV metals in Africa: Businesses from the U.S., Japan and Europe are moving to tap mineral reserves in Central Africa, using the latest [...]
A Middle East Dealmaker Fights for Credibility in Silicon Valley
June 20th, 2024 Courtesy of The Information, a look at how the venture arm of Mubadala, the United Arab Emirates’ giant sovereign wealth fund, has elbowed its way into tech’s clubby investing circles under the [...]
June 20th, 2024 Courtesy of The Information, a look at how the venture arm of Mubadala, the United Arab Emirates’ giant sovereign wealth fund, has elbowed its way into tech’s clubby investing circles under the [...]