North Korea Closing Some Diplomatic Missions: A Sign of Economic Trouble?
Via AP News, a report that North Korea is closing some diplomatic missions in what may be a sign of its economic troubles: North Korea confirmed Friday that it’s closing some of its diplomatic [...]
Saudi Arabia Looks to China to Help Build Up Its Renewables Industry
Via Caixin Global, an article on growing partnership between Saudi Arabia and China around renewables: Saudi Arabia will be counting on partnerships with Chinese companies to help the Gulf country [...]
AfDB Approves Namibia’s N$3.6B Rail Infrastructure Loan
Via NamBusinessExpress, a report that the African Development Bank has approved a N$3.6 billion rail infrastructure loan: The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has [...]
Malaysia’s Petronas to Invest $1.6bn In Indian Green Ammonia
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Malaysia’s Petronas’ plan to invest $1.6bn in Indian green ammonia: Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas is set to invest $1.6bn in an [...]
Carbon Capture Pioneer Eyes Kenyan Opportunities
Via African Business, an article on Climeworks’, which operates direct air capture technology, exploration of opportunities in Kenya: Kenya is in line to become a hub for carbon capture and [...]
2Africa: Subsea Internet Cable Racing To Go Live This Year
2Africa, the subsea internet cable project backed by a consortium led by Meta, is racing to go live this year as planned. Since making its first landing in Genoa, Italy in April 2022, the 45,000km [...]

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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.