Namibia: Set To Become First African Country To Run A Decarbonized Iron Plant
Via Business Insider, a report on Namibia moves to become the first African country to run a decarbonized iron plant: Namibia initiates Africa’s inaugural decarbonized iron plant using only [...]
Where China’s Lithium Monopoly Comes From
Via The Diplomat, a report on the real issue with lithium, specifically that there is no shortage of raw lithium, but rather China’s dominance of lithium processing is where the potential problem [...]
Namibia Plans to Electrify all Households by 2040
Via Namibia’s The Brief, a report that Namibia plans to electrify all households by 2040: Namibia plans to electrify all households by 2040, Mines and Energy minister, Tom Alweendo has [...]
Power Ship Company that Cut Electricity in African Cities Eyes Expansion
Via Semafor, an article on Karpowership’s plans to grow its African footprint: A Turkish company whose floating power ships switched off the electricity supply to two of Africa’s poorest [...]
China’s Global Network of Strategically Vital Ports
Via The Washington Post, a look at how China has acquired a global network of strategically vital ports: A decade ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Maritime Silk Road, the oceanic [...]
Starsight Premier Energy Considers Expansion Into South Sudan, DRC
Via The Africa Report, an article on Starsight Premier Energy’s potential expansion into South Sudan, DRC: Starsight Premier Energy CEO Rupesh Hindocha sees cheap solar power as the key to [...]

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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.