Why American, European Companies Need to Invest in Africa’s Mining Sector
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 [...]
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 [...]

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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.