Locals Slam Zimbabwe for Turning a Blind Eye to Chinese Miner’s Violations
Via Mongabay, a report on the Bikita Minerals lithium mine in Zimbabwe where local communities accuse the government and Chinese mining company Sinomine Resource Group of sidelining environmental and [...]
A Building Boom in the Himalayas Threatens Climate Disasters
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a sobering report on how Modi’s push to develop along India’s tense border with China heightens risks to the already fragile area: On January 3, 2023, cracks suddenly [...]
Nigeria’s Film Scene Is Blowing Up and The World Is Finally Tuning In
Via Tech Safari, a look at Nigeria’s rapidly growing film industry: When you go after bad guys who have nothing to lose, only two things can happen: You win, or you pay. Paul Edima paid… and [...]
How Jared Kushner’s Luxe Hotel Scheme Ignited a City Rebellion
Via Daily Beast, an article on a proposed development in Serbia, that has critics lambasting it as a government effort to curry favor with Donald Trump. A luxury real estate venture backed by Jared [...]
Elevating the Role of Critical Minerals for Development and Security
Via CSIS, a report on the growing importance of critical minerals for development and security: Over the next few decades, the role that copper and critical minerals play in achieving the energy [...]
China Is Still Rising
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on China and the importance of not underestimating the world’s second-biggest economy For over two decades, China’s phenomenal economic performance [...]

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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.