China’s Renewed Ambitions in Cabo Verde, the Frontier Between Africa and the EU
Via The Diplomat, an article on China’s new push in the island nation, focused on energy and digital development: After the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit in Beijing last week, [...]
Egypt Bagged, AngloGold Ashanti Sets Its Sights On Côte d’Ivoire
Via The Africa Report, a look at AngloGold Ashanti’s ambitions in Côte d’Ivoire: South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti is preparing to gain a foothold in Egypt and Côte d’Ivoire after [...]
Eswatini: Chinese Roots Deepen In Africa’s Last Taiwan Holdout
Courtesy of Semafor, an article on China’s growing efforts to woo, Eswatini, Taiwan’s last African ally: China is building up its business and economic interests in Eswatini in a sign [...]
Moldova’s Gas Futures
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a report on Moldova’s gas future: Until 2022, Moldova received all its gas from Russia and the vast majority of its electricity from a [...]
Why Ace Hardware Is ‘Leaving’ Indonesia
Via The Diplomat, a report on the strength of Indonesia’s retail market, which is not as weak as Ace Hardware’s recent move might suggest: It was recently announced that Ace Hardware, the [...]
China’s African Bet and Vice Versa: A Positive-Sum Game?
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how – despite criticism and skepticism – China seems to be Africa’s last hope, if not its best bet: The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit [...]

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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.