Afghanistan Shows Gap Between BRI Rhetoric and Reality
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, commentary on how China’s BRI has not brought stability to Afghanistan but, instead, requires it: China’s close embrace of the Taliban was on display once again [...]
Transsion: Now the World’s Fifth Largest Phone Maker Thanks to Africa
Via Semafor, a report that China’s Transsion is now the world’s fifth largest phone maker thanks to Africa: > What is Transsion’s story? Transsion is a phone manufacturer based in [...]
The Mongolia-China-Russia Trilateral After the Belt and Road Forum
Via The Diplomat, a look at Mongolia’s, China’s, and Russia’s different, if convergent, goals for their trilateral cooperation, headlined by the Power of Siberia 2 mega-project: [...]
How Green Hydrogen Put Namibia On The Map
Via fdiIntelligence, a look at how the world’s second most sparsely populated country is on track to become a green exporter: When the Namibian government sounded out market responses to the [...]
US Lends $553M To Majority Adani-Owned Port in Sri Lanka
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on US plans to lend $553mn for the development of a container terminal in Sri Lanka operated by Indian tycoon Gautam Adani as Washington works to counter [...]
Geely Eyes EV Foothold in Southeast Asia with $10B Malaysia Hub
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on a Chinese automaker doubling down on its Proton partnership: Chinese automaker Geely has teamed up with Malaysian partner Proton Holdings to stage a comeback in [...]

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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.