ASEAN Hasn’t Got Talent
Via East Asia Forum, commentary on the challenge some ASEAN countries face in transitioning to knowledge-based economies: In Brief ASEAN is scouting global talent to strengthen its digital [...]
Where Young People Should Go To Understand Their Century: No Longer, ‘Go West, Young Man’
Courtesy of The Financial Times, interesting commentary on where a young person should go to understand the forces that will influence their lives, noting that places such as Accra, Dubai, Saudi [...]
How Turkey Won Over Africa
Via Geopolitical Futures, a report on how Ankara’s early recognition of Africa’s potential paid off: Since Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power, Turkey has taken a greater interest in [...]
Growing Chinese Investment In Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone
Via Xinhua, a look at the growing Chinese investment partnership with Egypt: Chinese investments have been growing in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), highlighting a promising future [...]
BRICS: A Bad Bet For ASEAN Economies
Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on why Indonesia is right to reject the bloc for economic, geographic and geopolitical reasons: The allure of joining the BRICS economic bloc has captured the attention of [...]
U.S. Signs Pact to Build Small Modular Nuclear Plant in Ghana
Via Bloomberg, an article on U.S. plans to build small modular nuclear plants in Ghana: The US-backed project would be Ghana’s first nuclear plant Gas-powered plants account for about half of [...]

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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.