Archive for November, 2023

Japan, South Korea to Build Supply Chain for Hydrogen and Ammonia

Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Japanese and South Korean plans to build supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia: Japan and South Korea will build a supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia together, the neighbors’ latest move to expand their base of cooperation in economic security, Nikkei has learned. New frameworks will also be established […]

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Senegal: An Economic Emergence In Waiting?

Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Senegal’s economic future: Since Senegal’s President Macky Sall came to power in 2012, the country’s economic strategy has been successful, particularly in terms of infrastructure and energy. But on other fronts, including job creation, there is still much to be done. “No one attacks me on my […]

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Namibia Positioned to Benefit from Billion-Dollar Investments

Via The Extractor, one investor’s view that Namibia is well positioned to benefit from billion-dollar investments: Westmount Energy says offshore Namibia looks to be at the early part of the creaming curve with the potential to discover additional large-scale advantaged oil resources. Gerard Walsh, Westmount Energy chairperson, said in the final results report released on 9 […]

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Saudi Arabia Signs More Than $500M in Deals with African Countries

Via Al Monitor, an article recent agreements between Saudi Arabia and multiple African countries: Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih said the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, will make some “game changing” investments in Africa. The Saudi Fund for Development plans to sign agreements worth some 2 billion riyals ($533 million) with African […]

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Panama’s Post-Canal Economy Takes Shape

Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at how Panama is looking for solutions beyond its traditional economic engine: Throughout 2023, the Panama Canal Authority has introduced various restrictions on the size and frequency of vessels transiting the canal amid an extended period of low water levels. Just last week, authorities reduced the daily number of available […]

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Rare Earths and Geopolitics: An Increasingly Messy Mix

Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on a prevailing narrative which has emerged suggesting that China possesses a willingness to leverage its control over REMs to punish nations over disagreements in the political arena: Rare earth metals (REMs) occupy a pivotal role in a diverse array of items that are integral to the continuous shift toward […]

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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.