Türkiye: ‘Front-Runner’ in Investments in Somalia
Via A News, a report on Türkiye’s growing investment interest in Somalia: Türkiye is a front-runner in investments in Somalia, said the chief economic adviser to the African country’s [...]
The Rise of Durian Diplomacy
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how – in Asia – soft power rests on a divisive, spiky fruit: The fruit’s scent announces its presence long before it comes into view. The aroma snakes [...]
India’s Rare Earth Dilemma: Between Chinese Leverage and an Afghan Offer
Via The Diplomat, a look at India’s behavior in regard to critical minerals can be best understood as strategic hedging: Beijing is signaling geoeconomic control over a chokepoint industry by [...]
Algeria Clinches $5.4 billion Oil and Gas Deal with Saudi Arabia
Via Business Insider, an article on how Algeria has secured a $5.4 billion production-sharing agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Midad Energy to explore and develop oil and gas reserves in the Illizi [...]
Kuwait Fund Seals $12.8M Road Deals for Belize, Saint Lucia
Via Zawya, a report on the Kuwait Fund’s $12.8mln road deals for Belize and Saint Lucia: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed two loan agreements with Belize and Saint [...]
Syria Will Be ‘Gone” If Economy Rebuilding Falters
Via Semafor, a report on Syria’s economic future: After 13 years of civil war and six decades of dictatorship, Syrian officials tasked with restarting an economy that has resembled Cuba’s or [...]

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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.