Leading the Charge: How a Drive for Electric Vehicles is Cleaning up Nepal
April 25th, 2025 Via The Guardian, a look at how growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ lives: In a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu, the remains of a dozen electric trolley [...]
Africa’s Silicon Valley? Djibouti Goes Digital
April 25th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, an article on Djibouti which is going digital with 10 submarine cables: Undersea telecom cables run to Djibouti for the same reason that eight big powers came here to put up [...]
Aramco and Alpha MBM Push UAE Oil Power in Uganda and Kenya
April 24th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, an article on UAE’s growing oil influence in East Africa: Refiners, strategic oil stores… While traditional partners hesitate, Emirati firms are fast-tracking energy [...]
Can Nigeria Trump-Proof Its Economy
April 24th, 2025 Via Foreign Policy, an article on how Nigeria is looking to other African nations to help it diversify its markets: Nigeria signed a minerals deal with South Africa last Thursday as it seeks to [...]
Starlink Coming to Somalia, But Regional Tensions Lurk
April 24th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, commentary on Starlink’s entry in to the Somali market: The Somali government’s recent approval of a licence for US-based Starlink to operate in Somalia represents a [...]
Pesky Ports: A Look At Outside Powers Lining Up For Red Sea Ports
April 24th, 2025 Via The Economist, a look at how a new smash and grab for Red Sea ports is resulting in outside powers are lining up for a piece of the action: To grasp the importance of the Red Sea, visit [...]

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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.