Saudi Arabia Eyes a Future Beyond Oil
May 29th, 2024 Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on Saudi Arabia’s efforts to juggle its still-vital petroleum industry with alternative energy sources like wind and solar as it faces pressure to lower [...]
African Countries Turn To India For Agricultural Investment
May 29th, 2024 Via The Hindu BusinessLine, an article on Kenya and Uganda’s decision to offer land on lease to Indian businesses to pursue opportunities in rice, wheat, millets, floriculture, livestock: With [...]
Colombia: A Petrostate In The Making
May 28th, 2024 Via Energy Transition, commentary on Colombia’s export dependence on fossil fuels: Colombia is not the first country that comes to mind when we talk about oil and gas. But over the past [...]
Ethiopia Shows Us Just How Fast The Transition To Electric Mobility Can Happen In Africa
May 28th, 2024 Via Clean Technica, an article on Ethiopia’s EV growth: Like a lot of countries on the African continent, Ethiopia has an exceptionally low motorisation rate. Ethiopia has a population of 126 [...]
Indian Tycoon Ambani Sets Sights on Africa With Telecom Venture
May 28th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, a report on India’s Reliance interest in Africa: Unit of Reliance helps build Ghana-based mobile provider Will provide support to launch 5G broadband services Asia’s richest [...]
India, Iran, and the Taliban’s Gamble on Chabahar 
May 28th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, an article on India, Iran, and the Taliban’s gamble on Chabahar: India is trying to breathe life into Iran’s long delayed Chabahar port. India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) and [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.