Namibia Positioned to Benefit from Billion-Dollar Investments
Via The Extractor, one investor’s view that Namibia is well positioned to benefit from billion-dollar investments: Westmount Energy says offshore Namibia looks to be at the early part of the [...]
Saudi Arabia Signs More Than $500M in Deals with African Countries
Via Al Monitor, an article recent agreements between Saudi Arabia and multiple African countries: Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih said the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public [...]
Panama’s Post-Canal Economy Takes Shape
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at how Panama is looking for solutions beyond its traditional economic engine: Throughout 2023, the Panama Canal Authority has introduced various restrictions on the [...]
Rare Earths and Geopolitics: An Increasingly Messy Mix
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on a prevailing narrative which has emerged suggesting that China possesses a willingness to leverage its control over REMs to punish nations over disagreements [...]
China Loaned Pakistan $21B More Than Reported
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on China’s loans to Pakistan, the nation which has the world’s largest Chinese-funded energy portfolio Two decades of Chinese lending to Pakistan totaled [...]
Unwavering Allies: The China-Syria Strategic Partnership
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the China-Syria strategic partnership: Although not over yet, the year 2023 will go down in world history as an important year marked by wars in Ukraine, the Holy Land [...]

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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.