Kenya Turns To UAE For Railway Funds After China Cut Financing
Via Reuters, a report on Kenya’s decision to approach UAE for railway funding after China cut financing: Both sides to carry out feasibility study, Ruto says Kenya also finalising loan with UAE [...]
Tax Hikes and Tension: Battle Over West Africa’s Mining Wealth
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – across the West African Economic and Monetary Union – governments are tightening mining regulations to boost revenue for development. But as Côte [...]
How China Aligned Itself with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
Via the Carnegie Endowment, commentary on how China has aligned its cooperation model with Saudi Arabia’s own priorities, most notably since the kingdom unveiled its Vision 2030. Although China [...]
Saudi State Mining Giant Steps Up Search for Copper
Via Semafor, a report on Saudi Arabia’s mining giant steps up search for copper: Saudi Arabia’s state mining giant is ramping up its domestic search for copper — a key ingredient for the [...]
Uzbekistan: The Next Critical Minerals Hub?
Via Global Trade Review, an article on how Uzbekistan which has an abundance of high-value commodities – minerals and metals – that will be vital to the energy transition. Could this [...]
Indonesia, Home To World’s Largest Nickel Reserves, Struggles To Achieve Its EV Dreams
Via Rest of World, a report on the role of China’s growing involvement and the rapid shift to lithium batteries that are impacting Indonesia’s EV dreams: Indonesia has set a target to become [...]

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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.