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Emerging Markets Could Hold Key To Growth In Face Of Macroeconomic Storms

Via World Economic Forum, an article on how emerging markets may hold the growth to many Western businesses’ growth in the face of a tough 2023: Despite a volatile cocktail of macroeconomic and political conditions, most businesses still have ambitious growth plans for 2023, according to research by HSBC. To make these ambitions a reality, […]

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Uganda Turns To Turkey To Build Railway After Chinese Talks Collapse

Via Quartz, a report that Uganda has turned to Turkey to build its railway after talks with Chinese firms fell through: Uganda has canceled all contractual work it signed with China Harbour Engineering Company to build a 273-kilometer standard gauge railway (SGR) from its border with Kenya to its capital in Kampala, after the project failed to kick off […]

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Total Eren and Ecopetrol To Build Solar Project In Colombia

Via Power Technology, a report that Total Eren and Ecopetrol plan to jointly build a solar project in Colombia: Colombian energy company Ecopetrol has partnered with Total Eren to build a solar photovoltaic farm with nearly 100MWp of capacity in Colombia. The Rubiales solar facility will be built in the municipality of Puerto Gaitan in Colombia’s Meta province. Total EREN will develop, finance, build […]

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Diplomats Weigh Plans to Broaden Iran-Syria Economic Ties

Via Tasmin News, an article on plans between Iran and Syria to broaden economic ties: The foreign ministers of Iran and Syria discussed ways to promote economic cooperation between the two countries by facilitating interaction between the state-run and private sectors. In a Saturday meeting in Damascus, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Syrian […]

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Taiwanese Chipmakers Could Set Up Shop in Mexico

Courtesy of the Asia Times, a report on how many Taiwanese electronic makers have moved to Mexico but chip makers need a government push: A new hub can be built for Taiwanese semiconductor makers in southern Mexico with support from the United States and Mexican governments, according to electronic makers and analysts. US President Joe […]

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Cambodia: An Emerging Market You Can’t Afford To Ignore

Via Cambodia Investment Review, enthusiastic commentary on Cambodia: Investing in Cambodia is a great choice if you’re looking at emerging markets. Cambodia is home to more than 16 million people. In recent years, the country’s economy has expanded and undergone significant changes. As a result of this, the market has become more appealing to entrepreneurs […]

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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.