Archive for June, 2024

Morocco’s Green Hydrogen Opportunity

Via Energy Transition  substack, commentary on Morocco’s green hydrogen opportunity: Morocco is one of the world’s most promising locations for exporting green hydrogen. As the world’s major economies move toward a net zero future, green hydrogen can play an important role in various use cases, from fertilizer production (e.g., green ammonia) to heavy industry (e.g., […]

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Madagascar President Opens New Cable Car In Capital

Madagascar hopes its capital Antananarivo will see reduced congestion following the launch of a new cable car. As Barrons reports, the president and several government members traveled on the gondola liftfor its inaugural tour. The project was completed by two French companies at a cost of $162 million, more than half of which was funded […]

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American Fried Chicken Now Served From The Philippines

Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how services may make the developing work rich: In April, a New York fried-chicken shop went viral. It was not the food at Sansan Chicken East Village that captured the world’s imagination, but the service. Diners found an assistant from the Philippines running the till via video link. The […]

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Playing Catch-up? West-China Competition in the Global South

Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on West-China competition in the Global South: How does the West stand in the ‘Cold War 2’ contest with China for allies in the Global South? The straightforward answer is: poorly. Why? China decided to instrumentalize its overseas reserves in 2013 by announcing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and putting […]

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Region Can Do Better

Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the Horn Of Africa States: The Horn of Africa States region commands the major waterway, which connects the Indian ocean to the Suez Canal including the chokepoint of Bab El Mandab Straits. It is a troubled region, which neighbors the economically rising West Asian states of the Saudi Arabia, Qatar, […]

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Why Barrick Gold Remains Interested in Pakistan’s Reko Diq Reserves

Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Barrick Gold’s interest in the rugged terrain, sandy expanses, and arid deserts of Chagai, under which lies one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold and copper reserves: During his meeting in March with a delegation from the Barrick Gold Corporation, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed the controversial Reko Diq project. In […]

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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.