Philippines’ New Autonomous Region Aims To Be Halal Industry Hub
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on southwest Mindanao’s efforts to become a halal industry hub are attracting investment from Malaysia, Mideast: The autonomous government set to be established on [...]
Qatar Invests in US-Backed Fund To Loosen China Dominance of Critical Minerals
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on a first such collaboration between western and Gulf states to challenge Asian nation over supply of clean energy minerals: Qatar has invested in a [...]
India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway: Road To Regional Economic Connectivity
Via East Asia Forum, a report on the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway which aims to bolster regional economic integration and expand India’s influence in Southeast Asia. But [...]
Can India’s Economy Thrive Without China’s Help?
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how India’s restrictions on technology and people from its rival risk stifling its ambitions to become a manufacturing superpower: At a testing [...]
Power To The People: The Philippines Plans To Achieve 100% Electrification By 2028
Via Asian Power, a report on the Philippines’ plan to bring power to the more than 2 million households still live without electricity: THE Philippines has so far achieved 93.12% [...]
Seeds of Success: Rise of Peru’s Billion-Dollar Blueberry Sector
Via Latinometrics, a look at Peru’s blueberry sector: Carlos Gereda was the spark that lit Peru’s blueberry boom of the past decade. He asked a simple question: “Can blueberries [...]

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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.