Morocco, an Unexpected Winner of China’s Strategy to Circumvent the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies, commentary on Morocco, an unexpected “winner” of China’s strategy to circumvent the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: Over the [...]
Ethiopia’s First Industrial-Scale Mining Project of the Century: KEFI Gold
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Ethiopia’s first industrial-scale mining project of the century: Ethiopia’s first industrial-scale mining project of the century has taken a step [...]
Palau’s Plan to Reopen A Marine Sanctuary For Industrial Fishing
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on the Nature Conservancy’s role in the Palau government’s move to reopen an ocean reserve to industrial fishing highlights the global debate over how to aid [...]
Top 5 Emerging Market Import / Export Centers in 2024
Via The Business Year, an article on which emerging market countries are essential nodes in global trade in 2024? One way of looking at international trade is to see it as the cumulative exchange [...]
North Korea’s AI Progress
Via Reuters, a report on North Korea’s AI development which is raising international concerns: North Korea is developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for everything from [...]
Balance of Power Between African States and Mining Companies Is Tipping
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary that the balance of power between African states and mining companies is tipping: Across the African continent, growing political will and modernised legal [...]

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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.