Island Nations Top Egypt as Best African Investment Destinations
Via Bloomberg, a report on how Seychelles and Mauritius top a recent ranking of African investment destinations: South Africa’s ranking slips on slow growth, high unemployment Zimbabwe ranked least [...]
Azerbaijan: The Petrostate Hosting This Year’s Global Climate Negotiations
Via The New York Times, a look at Azerbaijan where the causes and effects of climate change are on vivid display and the painful trade-offs needed to fight it are acutely felt: In a few short months, [...]
Tunisia’s Green Hydrogen Pipe Dream?
Via Africa Is A Country, commentary on how a proposed green hydrogen project in Tunisia prioritizes European energy needs over local sovereignty: In recent months, discussions about green hydrogen in [...]
How Does Central Asia Cooperate With Iran to Access World Markets?
Via The Diplomat, an article on how the countries of Central Asia – particularly Uzbekistan – see an opportunity to diversity trade routes via Iran: Iran holds a pivotal role in bridging the [...]
Cameroon Signs Bauxite Deal with Canyon Resources
Via Reuters, a report on a new bauxite mining project in Cameroon: Cameroon on Tuesday signed a bauxite mining deal worth at least $2 billion with a subsidiary of Australia-based Canyon Resources [...]
BP To Develop New Oil & Gas Fields In Iraq
Via Al Monitor, a report on BP’s plans to develop new fields in Iraq: Iraq signed an agreement with British energy giant British Petroleum on Thursday to develop four oil and gas fields in the [...]

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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.