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ARISE IIP and Port Authority of Douala To Establish The Dibamba Industrial Port Zone

A report on a recent agreement between ARISE IIP and the Port Authority of Douala sign a partnership agreement to establish the Dibamba Industrial Port Zone, a new catalyst for Cameroon’s industrialization: ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP), a developer and operator of world-class industrial ecosystems in Africa, is pleased to announce the signing of […]

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The United Arab Emirates Is Building Its Own Las Vegas

Via Skift, a report on how the UAE’s emerging casino industry remains under wraps, but growing investments and behind-the-scenes developments indicate a lucrative future, quietly reshaping the region’s tourism and entertainment landscape for foreign travelers: The first rule of casinos in the UAE: You do not talk about casinos in the UAE. In a nation […]

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Laos Projects Taps Water Resources To Roast Coffee With Green Hydrogen

Via Nikkei Asia, a report on an innovative project to roast coffee coffee with green hydrogen in Laos: A business venture to roast coffee using clean hydrogen is underway in Laos, where abundant water resource can generate hydroelectricity at low costs.  TSB Greenex, the Tokyo-based environmental concern, has joined eight other firms to launch the […]

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France’s Orano Sees Progress Developing Uranium Mine in Mongolia

Via Bloomberg, a report on a development in Mongolia’s uranium sector: A long-delayed, multi-billion dollar uranium project in Mongolia under development by French state-controlled miner Orano SA could start producing the nuclear fuel by 2030, the company said. Commercial output from the Zuuvch Ovoo mine could begin after five years of construction, pending the signing of an investment agreement, […]

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Bolivia Stops Gas Sales To Argentina, Shifts Toward Brazil

Via MercoPress, a report on Bolivia’s shift towards Brazil for gas sales: After terminating the supply to Argentina, Bolivia will up its gas pumping towards Brazil according to an agreement between YPFB and Petrobras. Buenos Aires announced it would no longer be needing Bolivian gas since Vaca Muerta, the second-largest reserve in the world and […]

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Zambia Sees Economic Growth at 13-Year High as Drought Eases

Via Bloomberg, an article on Zambia’s economic growth forecast: Economic growth forecast for 2024 remains unchanged at 2.3% Dry spell is weighing on tax collections, public finances Zambia’s economy will probably grow at its fastest pace in 13 years in 2025 as it bounces back from the worst drought in more than a century. Gross domestic product […]

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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.