Gelephu: The World’s First Mindfulness City Is in Bhutan
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on Gelephu, the city envisioned as Bhutan’s new economic hub and an opportunity to capitalize on the economic corridor linking South Asia to Southeast Asia: The [...]
Vietnam’s Tech Worker Chinatown
Via Rest of World, a look at how – as Chinese manufacturers open shop in Vietnam – Bac Ninh has become a cultural hub with Chinese restaurants, bubble tea shops, and language centers: [...]
Morocco: China’s New Eldorado for Electric Batteries?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on China’s strategic interest in Morocco: Several Chinese groups announced intentions to make electric batteries in Morocco in 2023. The second in a [...]
Mongolia on Brink of Mega Mining Deal with French Multinational
Via Energy Daily, a report that Mongolia is on the brink of mega uranium mining deal with a French multinational: Mongolia is close to reaching an agreement with French multinational nuclear company [...]
Afghanistan: Critically Important Trade Route For Kazakhstan
Via The Diplomat, a report on Afghanistan’s market and its position as a trade route that can connect Central Asia to South Asian ports are critically important to Kazakhstan: As the global [...]
Annual FDI Standouts 2024 Watchlist: Namibia, Cambodia, Philippines, Iraq, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Serbia
A look at the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) momentum leaders in 2024, courtesy of fDiInsights  Annual FDI Standouts Watchlist. What does this mean for the everyday countries such as Cambodia, [...]

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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.