Senegal’s Economic Reboot
Via The Africa Report, an article on Senegal, a nation which – with its population, oil windfall and infrastructure – technically has the resources to support its ambition to become the [...]
Uzbekistan Aiming To Become World’s IT Outsourcing Hub
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on Uzbekistan’s plans to become the world’s IT outsourcing hub, displacing traditional locations India and China: The Central Asian country plans to increase [...]
On Call: The Workers Risking Their Lives to Restore Gaza’s Phone Network
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on Paltel: When Mohammed Sweirky prepared to leave for a work trip in January to repair telecommunications infrastructure that had been destroyed in northern [...]
Visa and Mastercard: ‘Pouring Money’ Into Africa
Via Rest of World, a look at how – from a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies – Visa and Mastercard are steadily increasing their presence on [...]
The Philippines Economy in 2024: Stronger for Longer?
Courtesy of McKinsey, a detailed analysis of the Philippine economy which was more resilient than expected in 2023 — and current projections indicate that it could again achieve healthy growth in [...]
Cooking With Gas: Three Benefits Gas will Bring to Zimbabwe
Via Energy, Capital, & Power, an article on Zimbabwe’s gas potential: Zimbabwe has one of the largest underexplored interior rift basins in Africa and is strategically located in close [...]

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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.