From Cape Coast To Ibadan, Africa’s Future Is In Its Second Cities
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the potential of Africa’s secondary cities: Frequently neglected by authorities, the continent’s second cities will nevertheless absorb a large [...]
The Possible Outcomes If Indonesia Joins BRICS
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on possible outcomes if Indonesia were to join the BRICS: Before we delve further into the complexity of the possibilities that could occur if Indonesia joins BRICS, [...]
China’s Remote Deserts Are Hiding an Energy Revolution
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at China’s strategy to use remote regions to host vast green projects; Out of the rolling yellow dunes of the Kubuqi desert arises what appears to be an oasis, [...]
Pondering The BRI’s Alleged New Roads
Via the East Asia Forum, commentary on China’s BRI future: Not so long ago, countries were ecstatic about the potential of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a mega-infrastructure scheme [...]
How Capitalism is Destroying the Horn of Africa: Sheep and the Crises in Somalia and Sudan
Via the Review of African Political Economy, commentary on how the ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa can be linked to a violent transnational extractive economy that links the Horn and the Gulf [...]
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Examining Gas Imports from Venezuela
Via Reuters, a report on Colombia’s Ecopetrol consideration of importing gas from Venezuela: Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) is exploring an offer from [...]

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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.