UAE Sets the Pace for Gulf Investments in Africa’s Mining Sector
Via African Critical Minerals, a look at how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a major player in Africa’s critical minerals sector, driven by the global shift towards clean energy [...]
With Iran Port Deal, India To Expand Central Asia Trade, Counter China
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on India’s efforts to expand Central Asian trade while countering China via its Chabahar Port agreement: India’s signing of a 10-year contract this month to [...]
Africa Can’t Prosper Without Regional Trade
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how strengthening the trade between African countries is a necessary first step toward equipping the continent to engage with the world economy on its own terms. [...]
Addis Ababa Facelift Aims To Turn Historic Parts of City Into “Modern-Day Dubai”
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Addis Ababa’s modernization drive: Addis Ababa is undergoing a major facelift as part of the Corridor Development Project to turn historic parts of the [...]
New Caledonia Unrest Deals Further Blow To Nickel Industry
Via The Asia Times, a report on the impact of recent riots and questions over New Caledonia’s stability on the nickel industry: Unrest in New Caledonia has compounded a crisis in the nickel [...]
Is It Time For Africa’s Green Hydrogen Revolution?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Africa’s green hydrogen industry: Although the continent has huge potential to produce ‘green gold’, only a few green hydrogen projects have [...]

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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.