Egypt Announces $35B Sale of Premium Mediterranean Area To UAE
Via Middle East Eye, a report on Egypt $35B deal with UAE to sell premium Mediterranean area, Ras el-Hekma, with the funds earmarked to alleviate Egypt’s economic crisis Egypt has agreed to a [...]
Start Your Engines: Who’s Winning Africa’s Automotive Industry Race?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on who’s winning Africa’s automotive industry race: While South Africa and Morocco are the undisputed leaders in the production of new vehicles on the [...]
Unveiling and Navigating the Somalia-Turkey Defense and Economic Pact
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the recent signing of the “Framework Agreement for Defense and Economic Cooperation” between Somalia and Turkey, signifying a shift in the relationship [...]
Why Nigeria’s Economy Is Such a Mess
Via BBC, a look at why Nigeria’s economy is in such a mess: Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, leading to widespread hardship and anger. The trade [...]
Ras Ghamila: Is Egypt About To Sell a Prime Red Sea Area To Saudi Arabia?
Via Middle East Eye, a look at how – after a $35bn deal with the UAE to develop Ras el-Hekma – Cairo seems close to agreeing a $15bn project with Riyadh to develop Ras Ghamila: Saudi [...]
The Silent Erosion of Afghanistan’s Urban Middle Class
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – while the focus on Afghanistan tends to revolve around geopolitical tensions and security concerns – the slow erosion of the urban middle class is [...]

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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.