National Football League Makes A Pass To Africa
Via Semafor, an interesting look at the growing importance of Africa to the National Football League: Later this evening (U.S. hours) there’ll be an American football match in the midst of some of [...]
How an Afghan Drug Kingpin Became Beijing’s Business Partner in Kabul
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
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
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
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
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 [...]

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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.