North African Railway On Track To Helping China De-Risk Its Iron Ore Supply
April 7th, 2024 Via China Strategy, an article on how a railway in Algeria may help China de-risk its iron ore supply chain: China currently depends largely on Australia and Brazil for its iron ore, the primary raw [...]
Tanzania Wooing Chinese Tourists With New Documentary
April 7th, 2024 Via Semafor, an article on Tanzania’s efforts to use media to attract Chinese tourists: Tanzania is once again turning to film to attract tourists but this time focused on visitors from [...]
Argentina, Brazil In Talks To Reverse Bolivian Gas Pipeline Amid Shortage 
April 7th, 2024 Via Offshore Technology, a report on a preliminary proposal to alter the pipeline’s direction has not found favour with Bolivia, exposing Brazil to fluctuating liquefied natural gas (LNG) [...]
Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom
April 7th, 2024 Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on Saudi Arabia’s diminished Neom dreams: In Neom, The Line was expected to house 1.5 million by 2030 Now, fewer than 300,000 are expected to live there by then [...]
Shake-Up For Senegal Mining?
April 7th, 2024 Via WhyAfrica, a report on why Senegal’s mining, oil and gas sectors might be in for a shake-up under newly elected President Faye:     With elections behind them and a new president in the [...]
Central Asia’s Critical Raw Materials: The Next Frontier in Global Power Rivalry?
April 7th, 2024 Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a report on the strategic position of Central Asian nations within the rare earth metals’ geopolitical landscape: Eldaniz Gusseinov of the Ibn [...]

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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.