Partnering with Middle Eastern Countries to Boost U.S. Minerals Security
September 6th, 2024 Via the Center for Strategic & International Studies, commentary on the need for the U.S. to partner with GCC companies to boost mineral security: Over the last four years, the Biden [...]
Ex-BP Executive Gets Go Ahead for Biggest African Mangrove Project
September 6th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on a significant new mangrove project in Mozambique: A company founded and controlled by a former BP Plc executive has won a license to restore and protect mangrove forests [...]
Cooling Off: Hotpot Companies are Losing Steam as China Consumers Wilt
September 6th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Chinese hotpot companies and their growing focus on international market to make up for weak Chinese domestic demand: Chinese hotpot meals are social [...]
Angola Looks To Cement Washington Ties As Host of 2025 US?Africa Business Summit
September 6th, 2024 Via The Africa Report, an article on Angola’s desire to cement its Washington ties by hosting the 2025 US?Africa Business Summit: Angola is in talks to host the largest American business [...]
DR Congo Could Defuse China’s EV Battery Dominance
September 5th, 2024 Via The Asia Times, an article on the DRC’s potential – given that it produces 70% of world’s cobalt – to charge or unplug China’s battery supply chains: The mineral-rich [...]
The Investors Punting On A Ukraine Economic Renaissance
September 5th, 2024 Via The Asia Times, an article examining the investors looking for a Ukraine economic renaissance, a group which includes Italy’s Fincantieri (way with Odesa port plan) while Wall Street giants [...]

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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.