As Civil War Rages, Sudan’s Government Cancels $6B UAE Port Project
November 5th, 2024 Via The Maritime Executive, a report that Sudan has cancelled the UAE’s planned $6B port investment: The military government of Sudan has canceled a $6 billion port deal with the United Arab [...]
Chinese Investment in Kazakhstan Deepens With $2.5 Billion in New Deals
November 5th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, an article on new Chinese investment in Kazakhstan, most of which involve a steel and mining company recently acquired and renamed by a state-owned private equity firm in the wake [...]
Russia’s Oil Fleet and the Floating Armories That Help Keep Profits Flowing
November 5th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on the floating armories that are helping Russia profit enormously from its oil trade despite widespread sanctions: Somewhere off the coast of Eritrea on July 20th last [...]
China’s EV Makers Set Sights on Latin America in Global Expansion
November 4th, 2024 Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at how Brazil is now the biggest overseas market for BYD as China pushes out Western carmakers from America’s backyard: When Ford Motor shut its [...]
Mongolia Pitches Plan to Build New Capital From Scratch
November 4th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, an article on Mongolia’s plans to build a new city close to the ancient ruins of Kharkhorum and make it their new seat of government: Kharkhorum, the one-time seat of the vast [...]
The 10 Fastest-Developing Cities on Earth
November 3rd, 2024 Via Statista, a graphical look at the 10 fastest-developing cities on Earth: Out of the world’s top 15 growth hubs, 14 are forecast to be located in Asia, according to the Growth Hub Index [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.