Archive for 2022

Vietnam Ready For Next FDI Wave Out Of China

Via Asia Times, an article on how Vietnam has benefitted immensely from Western decoupling from China and is poised to profit more as trend gathers pace: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam continues to increase, rising from US$11.57 billion in July to $12.8 billion in August 2022, signaling the country’s recovery from Covid-19. The growth is partly […]

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Investors Ready For Big Bounce May Find It In Africa

Via The National News, commentary on Africa’s opportunity to accelerate its growth: The Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu once said: “There comes a time when we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream to find out why they are falling in.” Africa is now heeding that advice. […]

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Taliban Strike Deal With Russia For Key Commodities

Via Business Insider, a report that the Taliban have struck a deal with Russia for supplies of key commodities including oil and wheat: The Taliban have struck a deal with Russia to purchase supplies of key commodities, including oil and wheat. It marks the first major international economic deal the Taliban have made since reclaiming power in […]

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Peru’s Blueberry Revolution

Via Latinometrics, a report on how Peru became the world’s #2 blueberry producer in a decade:   Carlos Gereda was the spark that lit Peru’s blueberry boom of the past decade. He asked a simple question: “can blueberries grow in Peru?” In 2006, he brought 14 varieties from Chile to see which ones adapted well […]

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New Chinese-Built Freeway In Cameroon To Drive Growth

Via China Daily, a report on a new Chinese-built freeway in Cameroon: A newly opened Chinese-built freeway in southwestern Cameroon better links people and freight to a deep seaport, will boost the development of the local industrial zone, expand the country’s freeway network, enhance the local economy and improve ties between China and African countries. […]

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Uruguay: “Among Best Places For Investment In Near Future”

Via MercoPress, an article ranking Uruguay among the best places for investing in the near future: According to one of the world’s leading financial magazines, Uruguay remains “a haven of stability in a volatile region.” The report featured the opinions of experts participating in a regular survey, who were asked to evaluate 174 countries quarterly. The […]

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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.