Archive for June, 2025

Chinese Investment Meets Fertile Ground In Morocco

Via Global Times, a look at how Chinese investments meet fertile ground in Morocco’s automotive, aeronautics, textile, agriculture, aquaculture sectors: Editor’s Note: This year marks the 12th anniversary of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Under the initiative, cooperation between China and Africa has entered the fast lane in recent years. Morocco is among the […]

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China’s Gray-Zone Infrastructure Strategy on the Tibetan Plateau: Roads, Dams, and Digital Domination

Via Center for Strategic and International Studies, a look at China’s gray-zone infrastructure strategy on the Tibetan Plateau: China’s use of critical infrastructure to control downstream water supply will threaten vital economic activities and life. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will leverage rail and road networks to strengthen its positions near the Line of Actual […]

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Chad Seeks $30B Investment

Via Reuters, a report on Chad’s $30 billion development plan: Chad’s national development plan seeks $30 billion in public and private investment as it pursues growth in areas including digitalisation and infrastructure, the Central African country’s Finance Minister Tahir Hamid Nguilin said on Tuesday. The plan called “Chad Connection 2030” is backed by the International Monetary Fund, […]

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Hydrocarbons and Hegemony: Türkiye’s Oil and Gas Exploration in Somalia

Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Türkiye’s oil and gas exploration in Somalia: In crafting the emotions and sentiments of societies and nations, misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation are efficacious and potent tools in shaping minds, opinions, and worldviews. In our contemporary age of hyper-technological development and digital immersion, misinformation and disinformation are wielded as powerful […]

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Madagascar Courts UAE Investment to Offset US Tariff Threat

Via Bloomberg, an article on Madagascar’s efforts to court UAE investment: Madagascar is seeking to boost investments from the United Arab Emirates to spur growth in its tourism and energy sectors, amid threats of steep tariffs from the US. The UAE is a key partner for Madagascar, with potential investments in sugar- and vanilla-processing plants, […]

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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.