To Secure Kazakhstan’s Uranium, Chinese Players Were Compelled to Accommodate Local Partners
Via Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a report on Kazakhstan’s leverage its natural uranium resources to hold the reins in its nuclear fuel–related dealings with China: China has [...]
Microsoft: Riding On Geopolitics To Extend Its AI Footprint
Via Fast Company, commentary on Microsoft’s recent $1.5B investment in the UAE’s G42: Microsoft’s recently announced deal to acquire a $1.5 billion share of United Arab Emirates-based [...]
Namibia: Establishing Incentives for Mining Investment
Via Energy, Capital & Power, an article on Namibia’s incentives for mining investment: As Namibia’s leading economic sector, the mining industry has benefited from a competitive [...]
Bangladesh’s Touted “Cyber Capital”: Now a Ghost Town
Via Rest of World, a look at a Bangladesh tech park built for 100,000 workers which is now a ghost town: Bangladesh launched its first tech park on the outskirts of Dhaka in 2015. But nearly 10 years [...]
Zain: The Remarkable Story of a Small Kuwaiti Telecoms Firm that Became a Global Giant
Via Emerging World, a review of a book on a sleepy Kuwaiti telecoms firm which surged to prominence on the back of visionary leadership and a string of acquisitions, most notably a big bet on Africa [...]
China To Push BRI During Visits to Indonesia, Cambodia, and Papua New Guinea
Via South China Morning Post, an article on China’s top diplomat Wang Yi’s plans to push belt and road during visits to Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea: Foreign Minister Wang Yi will [...]

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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.