DRC’s Dilemma: Development or Conservation of Resources
July 28th, 2024 Via The East African, a look at the DRC’s dilemma between development or conservation: Nature conservation is a concept that means very little to the vast majority of the Congolese population, [...]
China Making Inroads In Africa: A Huge Challenge For American Hegemony
July 28th, 2024 Via Eurasia Review, commentary on China’s investment inroads in Africa: Africa has been an important trade route, has been a big market of slave trade, and had been a continent of colonization [...]
UAE: Global Oil Capital Wants To Be Leading Hub for Climate Tech
July 27th, 2024 Via CNN, a report on Abu Dhabi’s plans to become a climate tech hub: Abu Dhabi isn’t about to wean itself off the oil that made it super rich. But it is putting some of that wealth to work in [...]
Malaysia’s Green Transition Can Fuel Its Economic Growth
July 27th, 2024 Via East Asia Forum, a report on how Malaysia’s green transition can fuel its economic growth: Malaysia is positioning itself to capitalise on the global green transition. The country’s [...]
EV Boom Led Chinese Takeover of Indonesian Nickel Industry
July 27th, 2024 Via CNBC, a report on how the EV boom led Chinese companies to take over Indonesia’s nickel industry: Nickel mining in Indonesia has surged, making it the world’s top producer of the metal. [...]
The Buy-Now / Pay-Later Company Behind the EV Explosion in Kenya
July 26th, 2024 Via Rest of World, a look at how – in just two years – M-Kopa has become the biggest financier for EVs in East Africa’s largest market: Two out of every three electric bikes running on [...]

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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.