How an Afghan Drug Kingpin Became Beijing’s Business Partner in Kabul
February 11th, 2024 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on Bashir Noorzai – who was once serving a life sentence in the United States – is now the key conduit for growing business ties between China and the [...]
Mexico Is America’s Answer to China’s Belt and Road
February 11th, 2024 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how growing economic integration with Latin America could help the United States avoid the fate of an aging China: Every now and then, a narrowly framed news [...]
Mozambique’s $80B Energy Plan to Tap Zambezi’s Power To Launch Green Hydrogen Sector
February 10th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, a report on Mozambique’s $80B energy plan to tap the Zambezi River’s power to launch a green hydrogen industry: Country to release hydrogen strategy during the course of 2024 [...]
There’s No Drought in Panama Canal Plans
February 10th, 2024 Via the Washington Post, commentary on long-term plans for the Panama Canal: Environmental impact is an urgent issue, and, as noted in the Jan. 26 editorial, “A dry Panama Canal shows what’s [...]
China Plans To Spend $1B To Revamp Tanzania-Zambia Railway
February 10th, 2024 Via South China Morning Post, a report that China plans to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway in race to control critical mineral trade routes: The Tazara rail line, first built in [...]
Why American, European Companies Need to Invest in Africa’s Mining Sector
February 10th, 2024 Via The Premium Times, an interview with US Institute of Peace expert, Tom Sheehy, sheds light on mining challenges and opportunities in Africa: In the shadows of the African mining sector, a [...]

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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.