How African Wind Power Seduced Global Investment Giant BlackRock
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 [...]
Cambodia’s Airport Dreams Stall as Chinese Money Dries Up
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an update on Cambodia’s Chinese-funded airport dreams: For years, an airport has been slated for construction in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, but all that [...]
Russia, Venezuela to Boost Cooperation in Energy, Including Nuclear
Via Energy Daily, a report on Russian and Venezuelan plans to boost cooperation in energy, including nuclear: Anti-American allies Russia and Venezuela vowed to boost cooperation in oil and gas [...]
Ethiopia’s Ambitions To Become An African Medical Tourism Hub
Courtesy of Semafor, an article on Ethiopia’s bid to become an African medical tourism hub: Ethiopia hopes to reinvent its biggest city as an African medical tourism hub with a new $400 million [...]
Making the Most of FDI: Shenzen vs. Penang
Via Project Syndicate, an interesting comparison of the success of foreign direct investment in China and Malaysia: Few experts doubt that foreign direct investment can bolster economies by bringing [...]
Gazprom Grapples With Collapse In Sales to Europe
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how Gazprom is grappling with the collapse of its sales to Europe: Vladimir Putin was effusive late last year after Gazprom reported record sales to China, [...]

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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.