The Gulf Region’s Growing Importance for India
February 25th, 2024 Via IISS, an article on the growing strategic convergence between India and the Gulf region whihc has resulted in deeper political, economic and defence ties” In one of his last foreign visits [...]
US Bets on $2.3 Billion African Railway to Help Deliver EV Revolution
February 23rd, 2024 Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on Washington’s gamble that the Lobito corridor linking Congo, Zambia and Angola will provide the battery metals to power its green transition: Ahead of a trip [...]
Africa’s Donkeys Are Coveted by China. Can the Continent Protect Them?
February 23rd, 2024 Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how African governments are seeking to curb donkey skin exports to China, where demand for traditional medicine and other products is threatening animals [...]
Sudan Fighting Threatens $50B Gulf Investments
February 23rd, 2024 Via Middle East Monitor, an article on the impact that Sudan’s war has had upon Gulf investments in the country: The ongoing fighting between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces [...]
Growth, Returns and Aid Shift Investor Focus to West of Africa
February 23rd, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on increasing investment interest in West Africa: West Africa eurobonds on average saw better returns than peers China investment to region has surpassed East, Southern [...]
How African Wind Power Seduced Global Investment Giant BlackRock
February 23rd, 2024 Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on the recent decision by BlackRock’s climate fund to buy Vestas’ stake in the Lake Turkana project, Africa’s largest wind farm: BlackRock [...]

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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.