Archive for February, 2023

El Salvador To Open A Bitcoin Embassy in Texas

Via Bitcoin Magazine, a report on a new link between El Salvador and Texas, borne out of Bitcoin: After opening its first Bitcoin Embassy in Lugano, Switzerland, El Salvador is opening a second one in Texas. According to a tweet from El Salvador’s Ambassador to the United States, Milena Mayorga, a meeting took place between her, other representatives […]

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Gold, Conflict and Liberty in Kyrgyzstan

Via Emerging Europe, a detailed look at Kyrgyzstan: Currently enjoying the highest economic growth of any country in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan is a failed state no more. ‘Tell investors we’re coming’, says the country’s former ambassador to the UK Edil Baisalov.  Edil Baisalov spent years fighting for democracy in Kyrgyzstan […]

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China Hasn’t Given Up on the Belt and Road

Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at China’s BRI which – while less flashy – is viewed by many as no less ambitious: In the decade since Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s huge infrastructure and investment program has become a defining part of its foreign policy. In the BRI’s […]

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How Lebanon Can Unlock Its Oil and Gas Wealth

Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on a new maritime deal with Israel could be an economic lifeline for Lebanon—if the government in Beirut can get its act together: On Oct. 27, 2022, Israel and Lebanon signed a breakthrough agreement establishing a permanent maritime boundary between them in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The two countries have technically been […]

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Africa’s Share of Global Gas Supply Will Almost Double by 2050

Via Quartz, an report that Africa will be responsible for over 11% of all gas supplies by 2050: Africa’s gas share in the global market will increase to over 11% of all gas supplies by 2050, according to a report by Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), from 6% in 2021. Production is projected to increase from […]

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Tehran Seeks Indian Investment, Activation of Chabahar Port

Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s wish for more Indian investment in, and activation around, Chabahar Port: Iran’s Ambassador to India Iraj Ilahi said Iran is looking for more investment from New Delhi and the activation of Chabahar Port. “Concerning connectivity, India and Iran are partners in Chabahar. We’re looking for investment from […]

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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.