Archive for 2025

Drugs, Scams and Sin: Myanmar’s War Has Made It the Global Crime Capital
January 1st, 2025

Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how Myanmar has become a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia: The flower fields stretch out from the mountain village along most every road — fluttering patchworks of white and pink and purple. The beauty in this corner […]

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Exploring Africa’s New Energy Frontiers: 5 Markets to Watch
January 1st, 2025

Via Energy, Capital and Power, a report on five (5) promising African energy markets: Africa’s energy landscape is rapidly evolving, with several markets emerging as key frontiers for oil, gas, and renewable energy development. In 2024, intensified cooperation with global partners drove significant advancements, positioning these nations as pivotal players in shaping the continent’s energy […]

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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.

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