Experts Consider US Approach to Africa’s Critical Minerals Under Trump
Via S&P Global, a report on potential US approaches to Africa’s critical minerals under Trump: HIGHLIGHTS Trump’s commitment to strengthening global critical mineral supply chains [...]
Latin America Is About to Become a Priority for U.S. Foreign Policy
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on President Trump’s likely prioritization of Latin America, disrupting what some have called three decades of “benign neglect”: While [...]
Will Turkiye Brokered Deal Between Ethiopia and Somalia Lower Tensions in the Horn?
Via The Africa Report, an article on the Turkiye brokered deal between Ethiopia and Somalia: Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a joint declaration between Ethiopia and Somalia ‘focuses on [...]
Will Trump White House Recognize Somaliland?
Via Semafor, an article on the possibility that a Trump White House looks will recognize the world’s newest country: Somaliland, a self-governing region within Somalia, will be much closer to being [...]
Africa Infrastructure Funder Sees $3 Billion of Projects in 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Africa Finance Corporations’s plans to invest more than $3B in projects across the continent in 2025: AFC looks for agricultural, electrification initiatives CEO sees [...]
China’s Huaxin Cement to challenge Dangote, BUA after Lafarge Africa purchase
Via The Africa Report, commentary on how a new Chinese entrant in Nigerian cement is likely to ramp up competition: Dangote Cement and BUA face a new challenger in Nigeria from Chinese newcomer [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.