China’s Essential Role in the Gulf States’ Energy Transitions
December 16th, 2023 Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an article on China’s essential role in the Gulf States’ energy transitions: After a sluggish start, Gulf states are getting serious about [...]
Kudu Gas: A Transformative Leap for Namibia Towards Energy Independence
December 16th, 2023 Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on Namibia’s Kudu Gas project: Expected to start commercial production in 2026, the Kudu Conventional Gas Development in Namibia’s Orange Basin is [...]
Mexico’s Banking Industry
December 16th, 2023 Via Latinometics, a look at Mexico’s banking industry and the surprising ascendancy of Mercado Pago: Longtime Latinometrics readers – intelectuales, as we call them – will know that we [...]
Billionaire Mark Cuban Backing $1 Billion Congo Carbon Plan
December 15th, 2023 Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on a $1B project in the Democratic Republic of Congo related to carbon credits: dClimate signs MoU with Congo government to start registry Deal eyes $1 billion in [...]
Cambodia’s Economy Must Keep Evolving
December 15th, 2023 Via East Asia Forum, commentary on Cambodia’s economy: From 1999 to 2019, Cambodia’s economy surged, displaying an impressive compound annual growth rate of 7.7 per cent and driving a [...]
BRICS Influence in Africa Grows with TV Media Deals
December 15th, 2023 Via Semafor, a report on how BRICS influence in Africa is growing with TV media deals: The BRICS economic bloc of countries is aggressively expanding its media presence in Africa through its [...]

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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.