Rise of Chinese Surveillance Tech in Africa: Development or Espionage?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on the growing deployment of Chinese CCTV equipment in African cities: Chinese technology companies like Huawei and ZTE are contributing to smart city [...]
Diversifying Investment in Indonesia’s Mining Sector
Via CSIS, a report on Indonesia’s mining sector: Indonesia is the world’s largest nickel producer and produces significant quantities of copper, cobalt, tin, and gold. In 2023, mining [...]
China’s BYD To Invest $1B in Turkey for EV Plant
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on BYD’s plans to invest $1B into a Turkish EV plant: Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD will invest $1 billion in Turkey to set up an EV and plug-in hybrid vehicle [...]
What Does Future Hold For India?
Via McKinsey, a report on seven trends likely to shape India for years to come—and help it achieve its development goals: India is a place of superlatives. It’s home to the [...]
As Violence Surges, Can Pakistan Protect Its Chinese Projects?
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how – while China has invested billions in megaprojects across Pakistan – a resurgence in militant violence is threatening to derail badly needed [...]
Vietnam Plans Three Railway Links With China Under BRI
Via Vietnam’s The Investor, an article on Vietnam’s plans for three (3) railway links with China under Belt and Road Initiative: Vietnam is considering three railway routes linking with [...]

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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.