Ethiopia to Raise $255 Million in African Nation’s Maiden IPO
October 20th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on Ethiopia’s plans for the nation’s first IPO: Ethiopia is seeking to raise 30 billion birr ($255 million) selling shares in a state-run wireless company, [...]
Power Outage Plunges All of Cuba Into Darkness
October 20th, 2024 Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on Cuba’s power shortage: Cuba’s power grid failed and the entire nation plunged into darkness Friday, less than a day after the government stressed [...]
Laos Durian Dreams Grow As Plantations Rise To Feed China
October 20th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how a new Chinese funded high-speed railways is fueling investment in the ‘king of fruits’ amid worries over forest loss: Chinese businessman Tao Jian spends an [...]
Senegal Unveils 25-Year Development Plan Aiming For Economic Sovereignty
October 17th, 2024 Via RFI, a report on Senegal’s 25-year development plan, which pledges to build the foundation for economic sovereignty by focusing on competitiveness, sustainable resource management, and [...]
Why Are African States Joining BRICS?
October 17th, 2024 Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on the trend of African States shrugging off relations with the Western and European world, alternatively settling for better beneficial economic cooperation: [...]
Nigeria’s Lithium Ambition Gets An Unexpected Boost
October 17th, 2024 Via Semafor, a report on Nigeria’s lithium sector: Nigeria’s ambition to build a value-added supply chain for critical minerals including lithium is getting a significant boost from an [...]

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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.