Azerbaijan: A Strategic Addition to the C5
Via The Frontier Post, a report on Azerbaijan: At a meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, last Sunday, the leaders of the five Central Asian states — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and [...]
What Bangladesh Teaches Us About Resilient Capitalism
Via Forbes, interesting commentary on Bangladesh and the concept of resilient capitalism: Political volatility is no longer limited to emerging markets; it’s reshaping major economies as well, [...]
Is Western Sahara Washington’s New Strategic Priority to Access Minerals?
Via The Africa Report, an article on why has Donald Trump seized on Western Sahara – a file Washington long kept at arm’s length? The US catch-up fits a scheme that goes well beyond the stand-off [...]
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Are Forming a Transport and Transit Tandem
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Tashkent’s transport strategy places great importance on cooperation with Turkmenistan, which has high transit potential due to its convenient location: Turkmenistan [...]
Despite Danger, Somalia Experiencing Tourism Surge
Via CNN, a report on tourism in Somalia: For decades, Somalia’s name has been shorthand for conflict, piracy and danger. Since the country’s civil war began in the 1990s, the country has had [...]
Dangote’s Search for fresh African Markets Continues with $1bn Bet on Zimbabwe
Via The Africa Report, an article on Nigeria’s Dangote Group decision to revive long-stalled plans in Zimbabwe with a pipeline from Namibia and new plants, testing Harare’s claims of reform and [...]

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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.