Kiirdom: The Sprawling Corporate Kingdom of South Sudan’s First Family
Via The Sentry, a report on South Sudan’s Kiir family’s secret business empire: Today, The Sentry published a massive trove of data exposing the control by the family of South Sudan [...]
Grab Built Its Own Map in Southeast Asia, and Is Now Going After Google  
Via Rest of World, a look at how Grab – the Asian super app – uses its own drivers and cameras to create hyperlocal maps in eight countries: Grab began mapping locations because Google [...]
Côte d’Ivoire: Africa’s Biggest Wine Importer
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Africa’s biggest wine importing nation: In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire imported the equivalent of $64m worth of wine. The rise of the middle class, paired [...]
Will Angola’s Big Bet on Biden Backfire?
Via The Africa Report, an article on whether Angola’s bet on the Biden Administration will backfire given the election of President Trump: President João Lourenço placed a multimillion-dollar [...]
The Cost of Tajikistan’s Melting Glaciers
Via Emerging Europe, an article on the economic cost – and potential opportunity – presented by Tajikistan’s melting glaciers: A mountainous country with diverse topography, [...]
Mali’s Junta Escalates Fight with Mining Groups Over Profit Share
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the Malian junta’s efforts to gain a greater share of gold producers’ profits: The detention in Mali of an international mining boss and two of [...]

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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.