Congo-Brazzaville: Significant Regional Hydrocarbons Producer
Via Eurasia Review, a report on the Republic of Congo’s energy sector: The Republic of the Congo, or Congo Brazzaville, is a significant regional hydrocarbons producer in sub-Saharan Africa. [...]
Is India Really the Next China?
Via Foreign Policy, a look at whether India is really the next China: RESHIDEV RK ILLUSTRATION FOR FOREIGN POLICY Will India be the next China? As China’s economy spirals downward and optimism [...]
The Dark Side of Clean Energy: China’s Copper Mine in Serbia
Via UnHerd, commentary on a Chinese-owned copper mine in Serbia: A tiny hay-cart blocks the path to a vast Chinese-owned copper mine. From it hangs a hand-painted sign that reads “life before [...]
Russia’s Infinity to Bolster Egyptian Mining with $1BN Investment
Via Energy, Capital & Power, a report on a Russian’s firm’s significant bet on Egypt’s mining sector: Russian mining firm Infinity plans to invest up to $1 billion in Egypt’s [...]
Is China Gaslighting the Developing World?
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on how Beijing’s promises of equality are actually a guise for hegemony: When Hanoi declared its support for China’s proposed “community of shared [...]
How India Can Take China’s Growth Crown
Courtesy of Bloomberg, analysis of how – if India hits all the right economic notes – it could lead global growth by 2028: China is slowing and Western governments increasingly see it as [...]

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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.