Uzbekistan Forges Ahead, Deepening Relations With Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Via The Diplomat, a report on a growing relationship between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan: On Saturday, August 17 Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov became the highest-ranking foreign leader to visit [...]
Southeast Asia’s Old Airports Taking Off Once Again
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Southeast Asia’s old airports which are revving back to life: Since last year, Indonesian airline TransNusa has routinely shuttled passengers between Jakarta and [...]
The U.S.-Backed Railway Sparking A Battle For African Copper
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how Washington’s support for a minerals train connecting the DRC to the Atlantic illustrates its desire to compete with China: As the US ambassador’s [...]
A $2 Trillion Reckoning Looms as Ports Become Pawns in Geopolitics
Via Bloomberg, an article on how ports have become pawns in geopolitics, as these gateways to global trade face costly conversions to retool in new era of rivalry, automation and green energy: For [...]
Poland’s Big Bet On A New Airport
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Poland’s big bet on a new airport, project seen as the next big thing in the country’s economic development: Before it can become central and [...]
UK Partners With DP World to Build Congo’s First Deep-Sea Port
Via Bloomberg, an article on plans to build the DRC’s first deep sea port: British International Investment to invest $35 million Commercial development to start soon at Congo’s port 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.