Why African Banks Are Turning From London and New York To Dubai and Riyadh
Via The Africa Report, commentary on why African banks are turning from London and New York to Dubai and Riyadh: Arab-based DIFC and KAFD financial hubs are now outshining New York’s Wall Street [...]
India’s Ambitions in Africa
Via Geopolitical Futures, a report on how New Delhi is looking to Africa to ramp up its competition with Beijing: Over the past decade there has been a marked increase in the competition for [...]
Gaza 2035: Free Trade Zone or Geoeconomic Imaginary?
Via Chartbook, commentary on what the author terms is the surreal geoeconomic imaginary of Netanyahu’s “economic peace” in the Middle East: I have to admit, when I first saw the [...]
Brazil and China Study South American Transcontinental Railway Project
Via South China Morning Post, a report that Brazil and China agreed on Monday to study the feasibility of a transcontinental railway that could reshape South America’s trade routes by connecting [...]
Donald Trump’s Approach to Africa is Very, Well, African
Via The Economist, commentary on what a meeting with five leaders says about the Trump administration’s interest in the continent: It IS EASY to make a case that Donald Trump cares little about [...]
China Snaps Up Mines Around The World In Rush To Secure Resources
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at China’s efforts to secure mineral resources worldwide: Chinese mining acquisitions overseas have hit their highest level in more than a decade as [...]

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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.