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The Philippines Has Built A Solid Runway For Economic Takeoff

Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how the Philippines can use India’s services exports as a blueprint for an AI-driven world: The Philippines has what it takes to become one of ASEAN’s leading economic performers in the next five years. In much the same way a rocket needs a sturdy launchpad, the country has built […]

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Mapping Africa’s Connections: Roads, Railways, Ports, and Infrastructure Projects

Via an interesting LinkedIn post from JG & Polo Infrastructure, a look at how Africa is experiencing a transformative era of infrastructure development, connecting regions like never before. From transcontinental highways to modern railways, mega ports, and bustling airports, these projects are laying the foundation for economic growth and integration across the continent. Here’s a […]

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Cooking With Gas: Equatorial Guinea’s Economic Overview 2025

Via The Business Year, a look at Equatorial Guinea, which has recently inked an agreement with Cameroon to jointly develop oil and gas fields on their border, such as the Yoyo and Yolanda fields, the Etinde gas field, and the Camen and Diega fields, but this has met with delays. Equatorial Guinea is the proverbial paradox […]

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Shanghai, Mumbai, Dubai or Goodbye

Via Emerging World, commentary on how a visit to Jebel Ali port in Dubai is like looking under the hood of globalization: “Do you own a glass building?” “Well, no, unfortunately I do not,” I told the bright-faced and enthusiastic Chinese woman whom I had just met a few minutes earlier. “Mabel” – her Westernized […]

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Ethiopia’s Plan for the Red Sea: A Looming Threat to Regional Stability

Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on Ethiopia’s Red Sea strategy which is becoming an increasing threat to the countries of the Red Sea coast: The Ethiopian strategy in the Red Sea is an increasing threat to the countries of the Red Sea coast. Ethiopia has pursued its long-term goals by creating a geopolitical environment that often harms […]

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How a Burgeoning Industry in Kazakhstan Is Trying to Kickstart ‘Climate-Smart Beef’

Via Inside Climate News, a look at how the central Asian country is working to scale up its livestock industry without adding to global emissions. Experts are skeptical. In 2010, several herds of cows airlifted from North Dakota to Kazakhstan helped spark a burgeoning cattle industry in the former USSR republic.  The effort was part […]

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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.