The New Influencers: The Expanding Role of Middle Powers in Africa
Courtesy of Harvard’s Belfer Center, a new report on the expanding role of Middle Powers such as Brazil, India, Japan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and Qatar in Africa: This original [...]
Chinese Firm Signs MoU To Build Modern Oil Refinery In South Sudan
Via Xinhua, news of an agreement between Chinese firm Shengli Oilfield Keer Engineering and Construction Company (SOKEC) and South Sudan’s state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation (NILEPET) to [...]
Now Applying: North Koreans
Via Forbes, a report on how – with the arrival of AI – companies are being overwhelmed with job applications from North Korea: Last year, employees at Cinder, a tech startup that provides [...]
Brazil and Colombia: The Emerging Powers of Offshore Wind?
Via Dialogue Earth, an article on wind energy development in South America: The development of offshore wind energy is entering a defining moment in Latin America, following years of [...]
Emerging Market Miracles: Few and Fleeting
Via Emerging Markets Investor, a look at emerging markets: Much of the excitement that investors have for emerging markets is anchored in the idea that developing countries grow faster than the [...]
Granular Look at Vietnam’s Development
Via McKinsey, a granular look at Vietnam’s development journey A country level perspective of Vietnam can provide a good, general overview of what is taking place in the country—just imagine [...]

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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.