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Mozambique Plans Climate Announcement Worth Billions at COP28

Via Bloomberg, an article on Mozambique’s energy transition plans: Country in talks with Germany, UAE, Belgium and the UK Plans to harness country’s hydro and solar power potential Mozambique is seeking to become the latest country to secure an energy-transition pact with wealthy nations and is targeting an announcement at the COP28 climate summit later […]

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Namibia-South Korea Form Long-Term Energy and Resources Partnership

Via Eagle FM, a report on a new Namibia-South Korea partnership: Namibia and South Korea have joined forces to form important and long-term relationships in order to transform the landscape of energy and resource collaboration. The Korea-Namibia Energy and Resources Business Forum, held on 4 September in Windhoek, represented a significant step in fostering collaboration […]

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Central Asia: Ready For A New Energy Crisis?

Via Diplomatic Courier, a report on Central Asia where much of the region appears to be teetering on the brink of another energy crisis, with major energy producing countries experiencing electricity and fuel shortages: Despite being rich in natural resources—including oil and natural gas—and investing millions of dollars in energy and power grid, last winter […]

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BRICS’ Middle East Expansion: Towards an Interactive Regional-Global Mechanism

Via Modern Diplomacy, analysis of the BRICS’ Middle East expansion: BRICS’ expansion into the Middle East operates as a combination of regional and global dynamics. The expansion is not just a passive presence but rather an active and interactive process that impacts both regional and global contexts. BRICS has entered the Middle East with the […]

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Saudi Crown Prince Announces Economic Corridor Linking India, Middle East, and Europe

Via Geopolitics in South Asia, commentary on Saudi Arabia’s announced economic corridor linking India, the Middle East, and Europe: According to Saudi Gazette, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for an economic corridor project connecting India with the Middle East and Europe. The […]

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Turks Are Running Out of Cash—and Patience

Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on Turkey’s inflation mess and efforts to turn the situation around: On a wide staircase across the street from a popular bar in Turkey’s biggest city, crowds of people sit in the sunset, enjoying cheap drinks and snacks they brought from home. They used to go to the bar, […]

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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.