China Spent Millions On A New Trade Route – Then A War Got In The Way
September 20th, 2024 Via BBC, a report on the uncertain fate of China’s ambitious plan to connect its landlocked southwest to the Indian Ocean via Myanmar: “One village, two countries” used to be the tagline [...]
New $90 Billion World Bank Plan to Electrify Africa Gets Underway
September 20th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on a new $90 Billion World Bank plan to electrify Africa: Mission 300 aims to bring electricity to 300 million Africans Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP to help assess proposed [...]
Saudi Arabia’s New Brand Has New Myths
September 20th, 2024 Saudi Arabia isn’t just physically transforming itself; the kingdom is also telling its people — and the world — a new story about itself in order to build a modern national identity [...]
The Rise of VietJet, Explained
September 20th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, an article on VietJet, the Vietnamese budget carrier which recently announced the acquisition of a $7.4 billion fleet of Airbus widebody aircraft: Low-cost Philippine airline Cebu [...]
Gold-Rich Sudan Talks Mining With Russia as War Alliances Shift
September 20th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on Sudan: North African nation has been mired in conflict for 17 months US President Joe Biden has called for an end to the fighting Gold-rich Sudan discussed boosting [...]
Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition: Must Not Just Be More of the Same
September 19th, 2024 Via the Wilson Center, commentary on Indonesia’s energy transition plans: While standing on the banks of the Mahakam River in Samarinda on the island of Borneo, I watched an unending parade of [...]

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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.