Saudi Arabia Spending Big for a Place on the Gaming Map
May 24th, 2024 Via Al Monitor, a report on Saudi Arabia’s efforts to gain a place on the gaming map: Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively with its investments in more gaming companies, the Canadian industry [...]
SIFC: Pakistan’s New Beacon Of Economic Revival
May 24th, 2024 Via Eurasia Review, commentary on Pakistan’s new Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC): The establishment of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) on June 20, 2023, marks [...]
Seeking Access to Congo’s Metals, White House Aims to Ease Sanctions
May 23rd, 2024 Via the New York Times, a report on a deal to allow the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler to cash out his mining positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has enraged human rights activists and [...]
Microsoft and G42 Announce $1B Digital Ecosystem Initiative for Kenya
May 23rd, 2024 Via Microsoft, a report on a new $1 billion comprehensive digital ecosystem initiative for Kenya Microsoft Corp. and G42 on Wednesday announced a comprehensive package of digital investments in [...]
China’s Digital Silk Road: Taking Its Shot at Global Stage
May 22nd, 2024 Via East Asia Forum, a report on China’s Digital Silk Road: China’s Digital Silk Road initiative aims to expand digital technologies in developing countries, posing a challenge to US [...]
Need Nickel? How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment Are Playing Out in the Indonesian Archipelago
May 22nd, 2024 Via the Baker Institute for Public Policy, a report on the interplay between global EV ambitions and Chinese investment in the Indonesian archipelago: On March 8, 2022, the London Metals Exchange [...]

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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.