Untapped Mining Potential in Africa Due To Political Instability: Top 4 Markets
November 22nd, 2023 Via The Business Year, a look at how – from the Horn of Africa to Madagascar – political instability has left enormous mining potential untapped: Africa is home to the largest reserves of [...]
Rush for Lithium in Africa Risks Fueling Corruption and Failing The Continent’s Citizens
November 22nd, 2023 Via Global Witness, critical commentary on the rush for lithium in Africa: Efforts to address the global climate emergency are leading to an increased demand for renewable energy technology, [...]
São Tomé and Príncipe in 2024: Economic Overview
November 22nd, 2023 Via The Business Year, a look at how São Tomé and Príncipe, Africa’s most progressive micro-state, is set to kickstart its economic engine in 2024. An African democracy enjoying a high degree of [...]
Is Indonesia Set To Become An Economic Superpower?
November 19th, 2023 Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on Indonesia’s economic prospects: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo is a man in a hurry. Accompanied by a vast retinue of cabinet ministers, his [...]
Saudi Fund for Development Signs Two Framework MoUs for Caribbean Infrastructure and Energy Projects
November 19th, 2023 Via BusinessWire, a report on a the Saudi Fund for Development’s two new MoUs with Caribbean nations: The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Officer, H.E. Sultan Al-Marshad, [...]
Serbia Signs Natural Gas Deal With Azerbaijan
November 19th, 2023 Via Balkan Insight, an article on a new gas deal that will help Serbia achieve its strategic goal of diversifying supplies and strengthen its position as a transit country for gas supplies to Central [...]

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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.