Mexico: Building Rail Rival To Panama Canal
Via Energy Daily, a report on Mexico’s ambitions to build a rail rival to the Panama Canal: At Mexico’s narrowest point, linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the government is [...]
Ethiopia’s Flower Sector: Wilting Under Pressure of Conflict?
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
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
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
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
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 [...]

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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.