Ethiopia’s Flower Sector: Wilting Under Pressure of Conflict?
November 16th, 2023 Via Semafor, a look at how Ethiopia’s booming flower business may be set to take a hit due to internal conflict in the country: As an under-reported conflict escalates in northern Ethiopia’s [...]
China Sets Sights on Morocco As North African Nation Becomes Centre of EV Revolution
November 15th, 2023 Via the South China Morning Post, a report on China’s investment interest in Morocco around EVs” Morocco’s proximity to Europe, abundance of critical minerals and tax incentives have [...]
Local Investors are Shying Away from Africa’s EV Revolution
November 15th, 2023 Via Semafor, a look at how local investors are shying away from Africa’s EV revolution: A lack of local investment in African electric vehicle companies threatens the growth of the continent’s [...]
China To Finance Manufacturing Two High-Speed Trains In Iran
November 15th, 2023 Via Eurasia Review, a report that two high-speed trains will be manufactured in Iran with Chinese investment: Iran’s deputy minister of roads and urban development on Sunday said two high-speed [...]
São Tomé and Príncipe, and Burundi Join Africa Finance Corporation Membership
November 15th, 2023 São Tomé and Príncipe, and Burundi expand Africa Finance Corporation membership to three-quarters of the continent: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure [...]
New Airport Shows Cambodia Can Get What It Wants From China
November 13th, 2023 Via Nikkei Asia, commentary arguing that Cambodia’s new Siem Reap hub proves there is more to the BRI than debt traps: Cambodia’s newly inaugurated Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport [...]

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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.