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 [...]
We Are All Global
October 1st, 2024 Via Emerging World, an interesting commentary on how – from your morning coffee to your smartphone to every aspect of your daily life – global connections and dizzying supply chains fuel [...]
Google To Invest $1B Into Thai Data Center, Cloud Infrastructure Sector
October 1st, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Google’s plan to invest in Thailand’s data center and cloud sector: Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Monday it would invest $1 billion in Thailand 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.