Unprecedented Plan To Use Russia’s Frozen Assets To Rebuild Ukraine
Via Axios, an article on an unprecedented plan for Russia’s frozen assets to rebuild Ukraine: Belgium’s government is shopping around an avant-garde solution to Ukraine’s money [...]
India’s ONGC Videsh to Get Some Oil from Venezuela In Lieu of $600M Dividend
Via Reuters, an article on a growing petroleum connection between India and Venezuela: Venezuela has agreed to give some oil to India’s ONGC Videsh to help it recoup its pending $600 million [...]
Zambian President Calls US-Backed Rail Once-in-Lifetime Break for Nation
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on the Lobito Corridor: Lobito corridor project will connect Zambia to Angola port Line will compete with another one that China is investing in Zambian [...]
In Ethiopia, Chinese Bitcoin Miners Find a Xanadu
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how cheap power and friendly relations with China have made the Horn of Africa country a top pick for Chinese Bitcoin miners: Last spring, cargo containers began [...]
China’s Economic Slowdown Is a Wakeup Call for Latin America
Via World Politics Review, a report on the impact that China’s economic slowdown may have upon Latin America: Over the past two decades, as China’s breakneck economic growth turned it into [...]
Uganda: Behind the Government’s Refinery Deal with UAE’s Alpha
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Uganda’s oil refinery ambitions where there is a hope the Emirati deal will deliver the long-delayed refinery, but with its economic viability in doubt, [...]

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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.