Nigeria Says Power Firms Short of $2.5 Billion of Capital
January 5th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, a report on the capital shortfalls hindering Nigeria’s power sector: Power firms need to woo new investors, Tinubu’s adviser says Energy subsidy to more than double this year [...]
Philippines’ $2.3 Billion Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Going Back To Basics
January 5th, 2024 Via Forbes, a look at how the Philippines’ $2.3 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund is going back to basics, with plans to build economic pillars: Maharlika Investment Corp.—the Philippines’ newly [...]
Saving the Panama Canal Will Take Years and Cost Billions, If It’s Even Possible
January 3rd, 2024 Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how a combination of climate change and infrastructure is to blame for critical shipping delays at the Panama Canal: The vestiges of an ancient forest tell the [...]
5 Attractive Investment Destinations in Africa in 2024
January 3rd, 2024 Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a look at 5 attractive investment destinations in Africa in 2024: On the back of growing global demand and with a largely untapped resource portfolio, Africa is on the [...]
Ivanhoe’s First Copper Arrives in Angola
January 3rd, 2024 Via WhyAfrica, a report on the arrival of Ivanhoe mines’ first shipment of copper concentrate from the Kamoa Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the Atlantic [...]
Moldova’s Economy In Focus
January 3rd, 2024 Via Emerging Europe, a report on Moldova’s economy: Moldova faces a presidential election and a referendum on EU integration in 2024. Victory for the incumbent Maia Sandu and the pro-EU camp [...]

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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.