China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Construction to Begin in October
May 7th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, an article on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway for which construction is to begin in October, a railway that Kyrgyzstan hopes will make it “a transit country for the [...]
The Cable Ties to China’s Digital Silk Road
May 7th, 2024 Via the Lowy Institute, a report on the cable ties to China’s Digital Silk Road: Technological competition between the United States and China is transforming the physical connections that make up [...]
Even With Gaza Under Siege, Some Are Imagining Its Reconstruction
May 7th, 2024 Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how international development agencies have been meeting with Middle East business interests and urban planners to map out an economic future for the [...]
Economy in Focus: Albania
May 7th, 2024 Via Emerging Europe, an article on Albania: Challenges there may be, but Albania’s economy is broadly in a good place. A boom in tourism is driving growth at levels above most of its regional [...]
The Ugly Side of the Africa-UAE Gold Trade: Misreporting and Smuggling
May 6th, 2024 Via ScienceDirect, a new journal article examining the ugly side of the Africa-UAE (United Arab Emirates) gold trade: gold export misreporting and smuggling. Highlights • Africa-UAE gold trade is [...]
Congo’s $7 Billion Deal With China Linked to Copper Price Under New Contract
May 6th, 2024 Via Caixin Global, a report on a revamped minerals-for-infrastructure deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and China: A revamped minerals-for-infrastructure deal between the Democratic [...]

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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.