The (Afro)Beat Goes On: Universal Music Acquires Nigerian Label
March 21st, 2024 Via Semafor, a report on Universal Music Group’s acquisition of Nigerian music label Mavin: Universal Music Group has acquired Nigeria’s Mavin Global, one of Africa’s largest and most [...]
Big Mac Attack: McDonald’s Density in Latin America
March 21st, 2024 Courtesy of Latinometrics, an interesting graphical look at the density of McDonald’s in Latin America: What do Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti have in common? They stand together as the only 3 Latin [...]
Infrastructure Plans Aimed To Energize Mozambique’s Coal Exports
March 21st, 2024 Via Bulk Materials International, a report on infrastructure plans aimed at expanding Mozambique’s coal exports: Several years after the project was shelved, Thai Moçambique Logistica (TML) [...]
The Rise of Sonangol: How Privatization is Strengthening its Competitiveness
March 21st, 2024 Via Energy, Capital & Power, an article on Sonangol’s privatization and drive to strengthen its competitiveness: Angola plans to complete the privatization of the country’s national oil [...]
Dialing Up: Somalia’s Networks Upgrading To 5G
March 21st, 2024 Via Semafor, a report on continued upgrades to Somalia’s telecommunications sector: Hormuud Telecom, Somalia’s largest telecommunications provider, has rolled out its 5G network in the [...]
Prabowo Set to Keep Indonesia on Jokowi’s Growth-Focused Path
March 21st, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Prabowo’s plans for heavy spending from infrastructure to school meals: Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s growth-focused economic policy [...]

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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.