India’s Nascent Blue Economy: Structural Constraints and Climate Change Challenges
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – as the Indian government finalizes its blue economy policy – there is a clear case for open, inclusive, and transparent dialogue with all stakeholders: [...]
Getting Out of Afghanistan’s Opium Quagmire
Via The Diplomat, a look at Afghanistan’s opium economy and drug quagmire: Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, [...]
Hermit Hackers: Why North Koreans Are Such Good Crypto Thieves
Via The Economist, an article on why North Korean hackers are such good crypto-thieves: FEBRUARY 21st was a typical day, recalls Ben Zhou, the boss of ByBit, a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange. [...]
The Railway That China Hopes Will Take On The US In Africa
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the railway that China hopes will take on the US in Africa: Mukololo Chanda still recalls the glory days of Africa’s “freedom railway”. Almost [...]
A Dubai Property Tycoon’s $10 Billion Plan To Save Afghanistan
Via The National, an article on how – despite the Taliban’s restrictions on women have made the nation a pariah in the global economy – billionaire Mirwais Azizi sees an opening: [...]
Laos Must Not Blow Chance To Become the ‘Battery of Southeast Asia’
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Laos’ hydropower ambitions: Laos’ National Power Development Plan (NPDP), published in 2020, marked a critical turning point in the country’s [...]

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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.