Archive for October, 2022

The Appetite For African Data Centers

Via Forbes, a report on the growing appetite for African data centers: Insufficient infrastructure investment has always stymied development in Africa. Most of the continent has historically lagged the rest of the world in coverage of key infrastructure classes, including energy, transport, water, healthcare and telecoms. Closing this gap is crucial for the economic growth […]

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India Will Overtake US As Unilever’s ‘Largest Business’

Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Unilever’s view on India’s market potential: Hindustan Unilever’s chief executive said he believes India, the consumer group’s biggest market by volume, will overtake the US to become the largest by value. “I clearly see a day when HUL will become the largest Unilever business,” said Sanjiv Mehta, […]

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Turkey-Libya Energy Deal Clouds Waters In East Mediterranean

Via Al Monitor, an article on the energy deal signed between Turkey and the Libyan administration of? Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Monday: Turkey reacted angrily Tuesday to criticisms over the hydrocarbons accord it signed with Libya’s Tripoli-based government, which allows Turkish and Libyan companies to carry out joint explorations in the eastern Mediterranean.  The deal, whose […]

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Africa-China Trade

Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Sino-African trade relations and the issues underlying the partnerships between the continent and the Asian giant: Is trade still dynamic, in sharp decline or completely insignificant? At a time when global inflation is reaching new heights and geopolitical balances are being reconfigured, we take a look at Sino-African […]

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Congo-Kinshasa: Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant

Via All Africa, an article on the DRC: The scramble for, partition and exploitation of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s vast natural resources by both regional and international players, have for centuries robbed the country of its peace. Since the dark colonial era of King Leopold II when the DRC was known as the Belgian […]

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Idyllic Beach Resort Run By Sri Lanka’s Bloated Military

Via the Financial Times, a report on come unusual commercial activities led by Sri Lanka’s bloated military: The Laya is much like any other three-star resort on Sri Lanka’s glistening coast. About an hour south of Colombo, it is a popular spot for weddings and city dwellers hoping the sprawling beachfront garden, cricket pitch and […]

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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.