Turkmenistan Eyes Pakistan’s Gwadar Port for Trade Expansion
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Ashgabat could hesitate to fully commit to the Gwadar project, given the dire security situation in Balochistan and regional security challenges: Turkmenistan is [...]
Are Rwandan Troops Becoming Cabo Delgado’s Main Security Provider?
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the growing security relationship between Rwanda and Mozambique: In July 2021, around 1 000 personnel from the Rwanda Defence Force and Rwanda National Police arrived in [...]
Colombia Looks to Future Without Oil in $40 Billion Transition Plan
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on Colombia’s $40 billion energy transition plan: Colombia is set to announce a $40 billion investment plan aimed at replacing fossil-fuel export revenues that [...]
Christie’s To Become First Global Art Auction House In Saudi Arabia
Via The Art Newspaper, a report that Christie’s will become first global auction house to operate in Saudi Arabia Christie’s is expanding in the Middle East, announcing today that it has been [...]
Climate Migrants Stand to Overwhelm World’s Megacities
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how – from Dhaka to São Paulo – already crowded cities are unprepared to absorb people fleeing the effects of climate change. Some of the world’s most [...]
Sahel States Laud Morocco’s Atlantic Access Initiative
Via North Africa Post, an article on King Mohammed VI’s initiative to facilitate Sahel states access to the Atlantic Ocean: Sahel States have lauded King Mohammed VI’s initiative aiming to [...]

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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.