The Belt and Road Isn’t Dead. It’s Evolving.
November 14th, 2024 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at China’s evolving BRI in Latin America, where China is saying goodbye to big bets and bridges in favor of a new approach: Chinese President Xi Jinping [...]
Why The Africa Energy Bank Is A Bad Idea
November 14th, 2024 Via African Arguments, commentary on the planned Africa Energy Bank, a $5B oil bank set to be launched by a coalition of African oil producers: At COP29, the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres [...]
How China Capitalized on U.S. Indifference in Latin America
November 14th, 2024 Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at how China has focused on Latin American investments and relationships: South of the border, China is ascendant.  Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives [...]
Kelp Blue Plans to Issue Africa’s First Corporate Blue Bond
November 13th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on an innovative blue finance initiative in Namibia: Bond will be listed on the Namibia Stock Exchange in 2025 The seaweed startup seeks to raise $173 million by 2028 Kelp [...]
South America’s ‘Made In China’ Megaport Prepares To Transform Trade
November 13th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how aBeijing-backed project in Peru poses strategic challenge to US as Donald Trump prepares to take office in January: Ahead of the ribbon-cutting at the [...]
Malaysia Seeks To Revive Forest City ‘Ghost Town’ As Financial Hub
November 13th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how a stalled Malaysian project near an economic zone with Singapore woos family offices with tax perks: As Malaysia prepares to develop an economic zone with Singapore [...]

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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.