India’s EV Boom Stalls Over Charging Challenges
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how limited infrastructure is a major hurdle to lifting sales in India, the world’s No. 3 car market, where the nation has just 11,000 charging stations: Ujjwal Arora [...]
Uzbekistan Becomes Most Populous Nation Among Former Soviet Republics
Via Eca50.com, a report on Uzbekistan’s population growth: Uzbekistan’s population reached 36.8 million people as of January 1st, 2024, according to the country’s statistics agency. [...]
How Drug Traffickers Made the Galápagos Islands Their Gas Station
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a riveting story on the interactions between economics, illegal activity, the environment, and fossil fuel consumption in Ecuador and a reminder that conservation is [...]
How Bitcoin Is Saving Wasted Energy and Expanding Financial Freedom in Africa
Via Bitcoin Magazine, a look at how Bitcoin is monetizing stranded energy, financing electrical infrastructure, and empowering millions in Africa: Hundreds of millions of Africans face two problems [...]
How Mexico Plans to Reclaim Its Economy
Via Geopolitical Futures, a report on Mexico and plans to reclaim its economy from organized crime: In Mexico, security and economic recovery are intertwined. Politicians and citizens alike [...]
In Cape Verde, Blinken Signals U.S. Attention To Africa
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on the U.S. Secretary of State’s recent tour of four African countries, hoping to promote positive news on the continent: Secretary of State Antony J. [...]

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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.