Uganda Doubles Oil-Industry Budget as Start of Production Nears
June 16th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on Uganda’s decision to increase its oil industry budget: Uganda more than doubled its annual budget for the oil and gas industry as it moves closer to the start of [...]
Africa Policy In Trump’s Second Term
June 16th, 2024 Via Foreign Policy In Focus, commentary on what American policy towards Africa could look like if President Trump wins a second term: The election of the next president of the United States will be [...]
Qatar Airways To Take Control Of RwandAir
June 16th, 2024 Prior to the pandemic Qatar Airways was looking at taking a 49% stake in RwandAir after already having invested in and taken control of the Kigali airport. The plan was to improve RwandAir’s [...]
China’s Dependency On Potash Imports Could Give Tiny Laos Rare Leverage
June 16th, 2024 Via Eurasia Review, commentary that China’s dependency on potash imports could give Laos rare leverage: Let’s start with the good news – potentially great news, in fact – for Southeast [...]
China Eyes Sea of Japan Access via Russia-North Korea Border River
June 14th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on a proposal that China could access the Sea of Japan via a Russia-North Korea border river: China, Russia and North Korea are expected to start discussions soon about [...]
Wait, What? France Controls Currencies of 14 African Nations?
June 14th, 2024 Via Africa In Brief, a graphical look at continued French influence on African economies: Fiscal Legacy of France – Pegged to the euro, the CFA Franc, created by France in 1945 to stabilize [...]

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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.