Wagner’s Next Act In Africa
March 27th, 2024 Via The New Statesman, commentary on how Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin’s son have rebranded the mercenary group in the Sahel: “There’s a little Russia growing inside Burkina Faso,” a [...]
Chinese Mega Port Developer Fights Back As Peru Moves To Scrap Exclusivity Over Peru’s “Shanghai”
March 27th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on China megaport builder’s criticism as Lima reverses course on its exclusive right to operate the controversial Chancay project: A Chinese [...]
Uber Drivers ‘Melting’ Amidst Nigeria’s Historic Heat and Record Fuel Prices
March 27th, 2024 Via Rest of World, a sobering report on the impact that rising heat and fuel prices is having upon Nigeria: Uber drivers in Nigeria are suffering from heat-related health issues, but say they cannot [...]
India’s Chipmaking Ambitions Shadowed by Infrastructure Concerns
March 26th, 2024 Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on India’s chipmaking ambitions: India is accelerating efforts to become a global powerhouse in semiconductor production with three factories breaking ground [...]
With Superapp Uzum, Uzbekistan Gets Its First Tech Unicorn
March 26th, 2024 Via Emerging Europe, an article on superapp Uzum, Uzbekistan’s first tech unicorn: Uzum, a leading digital services ecosystem in Uzbekistan, this week secured 114 million US dollars in funding [...]
Green Hydrogen: The 21st Century Version Of Oil?
March 26th, 2024 Via Forbes, a look at green hydrogen, a resource with global potential and national opportunities in markets such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Chile, Australia, and Namibia: When green hydrogen gets its [...]

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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.