Chinese Investment in Asia Rose 37% in 2023, Led by Indonesia
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on growing Chinese investment and construction activity in the Asia-Pacific region: Chinese investment in the Asia-Pacific region rose sharply in 2023, a new [...]
Mongolia Enters Global Space Industry with Cubesat Launch
Via Capacity Media, a report on Mongolia’s entrance into the global space race: Mongolia has entered the global space industry with the launch of its first satellites The news marks the [...]
Debt, Inflation, Currency Crisis: Can Egypt Awake From Its Economic Nightmare?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Egypt’s economic crisis: With the pound at rock bottom, hyperinflation and colossal debt, Cairo is sinking into a deep economic crisis. As the Middle [...]
China’s Latin American Investments Downshift To Smaller, More Strategic Projects
Via China Strategy, a look at China’s Latin American investment strategy: Margaret Myers, one of the study’s main researchers and director of its Asia and Latin America programme, said that [...]
Africa Needs China For Its Digital Development, But At What Price?
Via The Conversation, a report on China’s role in advancing Africa’s digital future: Digital technologies have many potential benefits for people in African countries. They can support [...]
North Korea’s Economy In Retrograde
Via East Asia Forum, commentary on North Korea’s economy: In 2023, North Korea intensified its political and economic development. Pyongyang is going back to its historical roots, dedicating [...]

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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.