Moscow’s African Gambit: How Russia is Challenging Western Powers on the Continent
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article examining the growing influence of Russia in Africa and its implications for global security and stability: Abstract: This article examines the growing influence of [...]
Turkey Eyes Niger Mining Projects Amid Competition for Uranium
Via Bloomberg, an article on Turkey’s interest in Niger’s mining sector: Niger and Turkey sign provisional pact for mining exploration Junta revoked French, Canadian companies’ permits [...]
Shortage of Electric Taxi Manufactures Slows India’s EV Revolution
Via Rest of World, a report on the lack of electric cars for use as taxis in India: BluSmart, India’s biggest fully electric cab company, once aimed to put 100,000 EVs on the road by 2025. As of [...]
A Broken Oil Pipeline Plunges South Sudan’s Capital Into Chaos
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report that the 1.5 million people in the capital of Juba grapple with a lack of power, running water, salaries and medicine as the nation’s key source of cash dries up: [...]
Ethiopia to Raise $255 Million in African Nation’s Maiden IPO
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
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 [...]

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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.