The Empty Promise of Africa’s Oil and Gas Boom
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on Africa, a continent awash in fossil fuel discoveries, but relying on them for development will be disastrous: Recent weeks have brought news of the discovery and [...]
Pakistan’s Quantum Quest: Hurdles and Hopes
Via The Diplomat, an article on Pakistan’s establishment of the National Center for Quantum Computing: Pakistan is poised to make significant strides in the field of quantum technology with the [...]
How the Taliban Took Over Afghanistan’s Mines
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Afghanistan’s mining sector under the Taliban, which has issued hundreds of deals to tap gold, gemstones and minerals: Afghanistan has long been a [...]
Africa’s Telco Kings Are Evolving
Via TechSafari, commentary on how Africa’s telecom kings are reinventing themselves: The world’s top companies are tech giants: Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA. Microsoft makes software like [...]
For American Brands Worried About China, Is India the Future?
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how some multinational retailers are diminishing their dependence on Chinese factories by shifting production to India: Melissa & Doug had a situation. [...]
Djibouti Rails Against World Bank Port Rankings
Via The Africa Report, an article on Djibouti’s displeasure with the World Bank’s latest port rankings: The World Bank has ranked the port of Djibouti at the bottom of its Container Port [...]

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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.