Africa To Have Six Cities With Over 10 Million Inhabitants by 2035
August 24th, 2024 Via North Africa Post, a report on the continent’s rapidly growing population: Amid a rapid population growth, Africa will count six cities with over 10 million people by 2035, the Economist [...]
Nepal Asks China to Wipe Away a Loan It Can’t Afford to Pay Back
August 23rd, 2024 Via New York Times, an article on how a new government in Nepal has formally asked for relief from a $216 million debt it incurred for construction of an airport in Pokhara that has been beset by [...]
India’s ‘Cement War’
August 23rd, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, an article on India’s ongoing ‘cement war’ between billionaires Adani and Birla: Two of India’s richest men are locked in a battle for cement supremacy as [...]
A Glimpse Into Indonesia’s Nickel Policy
August 23rd, 2024 Via the Lowy Institute, a look at Indonesia’ nickel industry and China’s involvement therein: Since 2020, Indonesia has tried to transform itself from an exporter of nickel into a key [...]
How Ethiopia’s currency float and IMF deal are powering economic reform
August 22nd, 2024 Via The Africa Report, an article on how privatisation, foreign property ownership, and a new stock exchange expected to transform the nation’s economic landscape as the pace of reform in PM Ahmed [...]
Laos Special Economic Zone Was Supposed to Be an Economic Hub. It Became a Criminal’s Paradise
August 22nd, 2024 Via Bloomberg, a podcast on how the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos became a notorious hub for drugs, scammers and human traffickers: Oanh Ha: On the banks of the Mekong River in Laos [...]

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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.