Strong Regional Value Chains: Vital For Next Chapter of China-Africa Economic Partnership
Via CNBCAfrica, commentary on why strong regional value chains will be vital to the next chapter of China and Africa’s economic relationship: Over the last 20 years, China has become sub-Saharan [...]
World’s Largest eSports Competition Cements Saudi Arabia’s Position As Gaming Epicenter
Via CNN, a look at Saudi Arabia’s growing leadership role in global gaming: The inaugural Esports World Cup is set to showcase the power of competitive gaming to the world and propel Saudi to [...]
Is Laos Planning to Sell Off More of Its Energy Sector to China?
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Laos’ power utility’s recent curious dealings with a prominent local conglomerate suggest that something is afoot: What is happening at Électricité du Laos [...]
‘Every place I go, it’s all about China’: Former US Diplomats Sound Alarm on Africa
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on concerns about U.S. engagement with Africa:, where many experts are warning that the United States will continue to fall behind China in Africa unless [...]
No Bull: Texas Is Helping Transform Africa’s Livestock Industry
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Texan know-how and cattle genetics is transforming Botswana’s livestock sector: Botswana wants to double its cattle herd and turn a nation of communal [...]
Ports, Farmland, Contracts: What is UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed Seeking in Africa?
Via The Africa Report, a look at the UAE’s growing interest in Africa: In just a decade, Mohamed bin Zayed, also known as the ‘Gulf Hawk’, and his close associates, have turned the UAE into [...]

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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.