India Invested $200m In Bahrain Last Year
September 19th, 2024 Via Zawya, a report that India is the sixth largest investor in Bahrain: INDIAN investments in Bahrain have reached $200 million from the first quarter of last year until the same period this year, [...]
Zambia’s Plans For New Critical Minerals State Company Leave More Questions Than Answers
September 19th, 2024 Via The Africa Report, a report on Zambia’s plans for a new critical minerals state company: Experts fear Zambia and Tanzania may scare off foreign investors by increasing state influence over [...]
Saudi Arabia Is Betting Big On Egypt
September 18th, 2024 Via Semafor, a report on Saudi Arabia’s growing partnership with Egypt: Saudi Arabia pledged to invest $5 billion in Egypt, a vote of confidence in Cairo’s efforts to address its fiscal and [...]
China’s Push Into Africa Makes Good Strategic Sense
September 18th, 2024 Via the Asia Times, a report on how – whether it’s gaining UN votes, winning access to resources or increasing use of the yuan – China’s ventures in Africa are paying dividends: [...]
How an Unknown Chinese Phonemaker Took Over Africa
September 17th, 2024 Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how Shenzhen Transsion Holding has spent years building devices to cater to African consumer tastes: On a hectic road in Lagos, Nigeria, packed with minibuses and [...]
United States and Uzbekistan Sign MOU on Critical Minerals Partnership
September 17th, 2024 Via the U.S. Department of State, an announcement of new U.S. – Uzbek cooperation on critical minerals: Today, Ambassador Jonathan Henick and First Deputy Minister of Geology Omonullo [...]

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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.