Can Africa One Day Help Feed The World’s Growing Population?
April 4th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Africa’s agricultural potential: An hour away from the medina of Marrakech and its throngs of tourists, plains of semi-desert stretch across the [...]
Cambodia Getting A China-Backed, Game-Changing Canal
April 4th, 2024 Courtesy of Asia Times, an article on the Funan Techo Canal which will allow Cambodia to bypass Vietnam for its international trade and pull it even tighter into Beijing’s sphere of influence: [...]
World’s Wind Ambitions Require A Makeover For Ports
April 4th, 2024 Via Cipher News, an interesting report which – at initial glance – is focused on Europe and seemingly has little/nothing relevant to frontier markets.  However, as the world moves to [...]
China to Woo Partners at ‘Digital Silk Road’ Forum Amidst Increasingly Divided Cyberspace
April 4th, 2024 Via South China Morning Post, a report on China’s plans to woo belt and road partners at ‘digital silk road’ forum in April amid an increasingly divided cyberspace: The Digital Silk Road [...]
Saudi Aramco: Pipeline of Power
April 4th, 2024 Via Fortune, an examination of how Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company over the past decade, are helping the Saudi monarchy shake up the global economic order: For generations, the [...]
Locals Slam Zimbabwe for Turning a Blind Eye to Chinese Miner’s Violations
April 3rd, 2024 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 [...]

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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.