To Protect Itself From Disaster, This Country’s Leaning On An Unusual Source of Cash
October 4th, 2024 Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on how Dominica is using revenue from its citizenship-by-investment program to fund its ambitious plans to become more resilient against hurricanes in the [...]
Oracle to Invest $6.5 Billion in AI and Cloud Infrastructure in Malaysia
October 3rd, 2024 Via Morningstar, a report on Oracle’s Malaysian investment plans: Oracle Corp. plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to establish a public cloud region in Malaysia, aiming to meet the [...]
An Unpredictable America Looks More And More Like An Emerging Market
October 2nd, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary examining how an unpredictable America looks more and more like an emerging market: Last week, as the UN General Assembly met in New York, I moderated an [...]
North Korea In BRICS: A Reach Too Far?
October 2nd, 2024 Via the Asia Times, an article on how Pyongyang’s accession would undermine the grouping’s emerging credibility as a counterweight to the West-led world order: North Korea’s potential [...]
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea Are Battling For Oil-Rich Islands
October 2nd, 2024 Via Semafor, a look at Gabon and Equatorial Guinea’s battle over oil-rich islands: The tiny island of Mbanié off the coast of Gabon is the subject of a dispute pitting Equatorial Guinea [...]
Presto: Libya’s Most Successful Tech Startup
October 2nd, 2024 Via Rest of World, a report on Presto, the Libyan delivery app now planning to expand to neighboring countries: Presto is now the second-largest delivery company in North Africa, after Glovo. The [...]

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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.