Africa’s New Cities – Urban Utopias or Future Ghost Towns?
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – from Cairo to Libreville and Dakar – new towns are proliferating, driven by massive investments and futuristic promises. While they inspire dreams [...]
Liberia Backs Ivanhoe Atlantic Rail Deal to Unlock Iron Ore Mine
Via Bloomberg, a report on an export railway key to building an iron ore mind in Guinea: A US company, Ivanhoe Atlantic Inc., took a key step toward building an iron ore mine in Guinea after [...]
A Gateway to the Gulf: India Inks Economic Pact With Oman
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on a new deal between India and Oman that strategically diversifies India’s trade partnerships at a time of escalating U.S. tariffs, which have risen to 50% on [...]
Is Tourism Mozambique’s Next Economic Revolution?
Via The Business Year, a look at Mozambique’s tourism potential: As Mozambique continues to diversify its economic model beyond extractive industries, tourism is increasingly emerging as one of [...]
Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how – in public – the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking but, behind the scenes, gaining access to the [...]
Afghanistan’s Uncertain Gamble for Economic Survival
Via Asia Sentinel, a report on Afghanistan’s economy, caught between countervailing forces: Afghanistan, in a desperate domestic struggle for mere survival amid an ongoing humanitarian [...]

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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.