TotalEnergies’ Pakistan Exit Stirs Corporate Exodus Fears
August 13th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on TotalEnergies’ Pakistan exit, the latest Western multinational to quit crisis-hit Asian nation France’s TotalEnergies has joined a growing list of Western [...]
Is India on the Way to Number Three?
August 12th, 2024 Via Foreign Policy In Focus, a look at how – with one million people turning 18 each month – India stands on the precipice of a demographic dividend—or disaster: The rise of India has [...]
Korean and Japanese Dramas Spread Across The World Through Turkish Remakes
August 12th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how Asian dramas spread across the world through Turkish remakes: Amid harsh domestic competition, Turkish television producers are hunting the world for original and [...]
The True Cost of China’s Hold On Indonesia’s Nickel
August 12th, 2024 Via the Asia Times, a report on how Indonesia’s EV-fueled nickel industry has morphed into an ‘oligopsony’, where Chinese buyers drive and dominate market dynamics: During the 43rd ASEAN [...]
Ghana Opens Refinery To Become Gold Hub of Africa
August 12th, 2024 Via The Africa Report, a report on Ghana’s new gold refinery and ambitions to become the gold hub of Africa: Ghana has begun operating the Royal Ghana Gold Refinery, the first of its kind in [...]
China Poised to Become Africa’s Largest Trading Partner
August 12th, 2024 Via Fair Observer, a report on how China could scoot ahead of the US this year and become Africa’s biggest trading partner: This year, China could pull ahead of the US and become Africa’s [...]

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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.