Pakistan’s Military Wants To Kickstart Nation’s Green Revolution
January 9th, 2024 Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on how Pakistan’s armed forces are seen by some as crucial to attracting foreign investment into a key portion of a beleaguered economy: Pakistan sees farming [...]
Affirma Gets $145 Million Zambia Power Deal After Threefold Gain
January 9th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on a US$145M power deal supply the biggest Congo, Zambia mines: Copperbelt Energy supplies among biggest Congo, Zambia mines Region is an increasingly important source of [...]
Scramble for the Sahel – Why France, Russia, China and the U.S. Are Interested in the Region
January 9th, 2024 Via The Conversation, a look at geopolitical and investment interest in the Sahel: The Sahel, a region 3,860km wide located south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African [...]
China’s Qinghai Province Has an Ocean of Solar Power, But Nowhere to Store It
January 9th, 2024 Courtesy of Caixin Global, an article on western China’s Qinghai province and its considerable solar potential: High on the Tibetan Plateau in western China’s Qinghai province, a sea of solar [...]
African Nations Dominate Top 10 Economic Growth Spots in 2024
January 9th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on African nations’ economic prospects in 2024: IMF sees African nations filling six of top 10 growth spots Heavyweights South Africa and Nigeria also forecast to pick [...]
Maldives President Courts Chinese as Indian Ties Sag
January 9th, 2024 Courtesy of Reuters, a report on Maldives’ interest in Chinese investment: New Maldives president in China ahead of any visit to India Maldivian president Muizzu set to meet China’s Xi [...]

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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.