Rethinking the ‘Africa Play’: Why One Firm Held Back from the Africa Investment Frenzy
November 6th, 2019
Via Next Billion, interesting commentary on why one firm held back from the Africa investment ‘frenzy’: In [northern hemisphere] spring 2019, the investment committee at Blue Haven [...]
Africa’s Experience With Chinese Investors Has Some Parallels With Central Asia
November 4th, 2019 Via Eurasia.net, an article on China’s investment activities in Central Asia: Poorly governed, resource-rich countries with exploding populations that are hungry for investment: Africa and [...]
November 4th, 2019 Via Eurasia.net, an article on China’s investment activities in Central Asia: Poorly governed, resource-rich countries with exploding populations that are hungry for investment: Africa and [...]
Massive Congolese Copper Play
October 31st, 2019 Via Ozy, a look at Kamoa-Kakula, a huge untapped copper deposit worth at least $10 billion: When Felix Tshisekedi, the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo visited Washington, D.C., [...]
October 31st, 2019 Via Ozy, a look at Kamoa-Kakula, a huge untapped copper deposit worth at least $10 billion: When Felix Tshisekedi, the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo visited Washington, D.C., [...]
Somaliland: How Climate Change Is Pushing This Desert State To Fish
October 31st, 2019 Courtesy of Ozy, an interesting look at how climate change is creating new industrial opportunities in Somaliland: Danish shipowner Per Gullestrup had been through the trauma of negotiating the [...]
October 31st, 2019 Courtesy of Ozy, an interesting look at how climate change is creating new industrial opportunities in Somaliland: Danish shipowner Per Gullestrup had been through the trauma of negotiating the [...]
China’s “Maritime Road” Looks More Defensive Than Imperialist
October 27th, 2019 Via The Economist, a look at China’s BRI-related foreign port-building that seems to focus more on protecting existing trade routes than expanding such: An old saying warns about Greeks [...]
October 27th, 2019 Via The Economist, a look at China’s BRI-related foreign port-building that seems to focus more on protecting existing trade routes than expanding such: An old saying warns about Greeks [...]
An Undone Buckle? Trouble for Belt and Road in Myanmar
October 23rd, 2019 Via China Dialogue, an article on China’s new infrastructure route through Myanmar: A year ago, Myanmar and China signed an agreement to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), as [...]
October 23rd, 2019 Via China Dialogue, an article on China’s new infrastructure route through Myanmar: A year ago, Myanmar and China signed an agreement to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), as [...]