UAE Seeks ‘Marriage’ With US Over AI
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report that the UAE’s AI minister says a recent investment deal between Microsoft and G42 is part of strategy to reshape its economy: The United Arab Emirates [...]
Russia Is Said to Seek French-Held Uranium Assets in Niger
Via Bloomberg, an article on Russia’s interest in Niger’s uranium: Rosatom said to have contacts with junta on French-held mines Russia expands presence in Africa amid confrontation with [...]
China Expands Its Oil Ties in Iraq
Via The Diplomat, a look at how China’s dominance in Iraq’s energy sector creates political interdependence between the two countries: China is the world’s largest crude oil importer, importing [...]
Nigeria Targets Lithium and Gold As Oil Wealth Dwindles
Via The Africa Report, a report on how – as policy inconsistency and insecurity in the Niger Delta has forced oil majors to sell onshore assets – Nigeria is seeking investments in lithium [...]
Chinese Businesses Target Vietnam and Mexico as Trade Tensions with US Rise
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how Chinese investment is increasing in countries that offer alternative supply chain route to US: Chinese businesses are increasingly favouring investment [...]
Chinese-Led Consortium To Build Massive Port Project On Georgia’s Black Sea Coast
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on a Chinese-led consortium’s plans to build a massive port on Georgia Black Sea coast: Georgia has announced that a Chinese consortium submitted the sole bid [...]

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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.