Croatia: Transforming Into An Emerging Tech Hub
Via Dispatches Europe, a report on Croatia’s emerging tech sector: Croatia is not immune to the demographic problems that have long plagued this region, but these issues aren’t as [...]
Gulf Cash Flowing Into Africa, But At What Price?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how Gulf cash is flowing into Africa, buying assets and influence. But at what price? The UAE’s growing financial footprint in Africa makes it an [...]
Google Builds First Subsea Cable Connecting Africa to Australia
Via Bloomberg, an article on Google’s decision to build the first subsea cable connecting Africa to Australia: US tech giant said the subsea cable will be anchored in Kenya Africa has faced [...]
UAE Invests In Mozambique’s Natural Gas
Via Al Monitor, a report on UAE’s ADNOC’s plans to invest in Mozambique’s natural gas in its first African foray: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has made its first foray into [...]
Somaliland President: Contentious Ethiopia Port Deal Can Deter Red Sea Assaults
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the contentious deal that Somaliland has struck with Ethiopia to lease a strip of land near the entrance to the Red Sea: The contentious deal that [...]
Africa Takes Aim at Avocado Market Expected to Reach $26 Billion by 2030
Via Emerging Real Estate, a report on the global avocado market, which is expected to reach $26.04 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 7.3%. Africa, already a major producer, [...]

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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.