Billion-Dollar Airport Whets Cambodia Appetite for Chinese Investment
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at how – as Siem Reap’s new airport opens, Cambodia’s PM Hun Manet looks for more Belt and Road money: Planes have begun landing at a new [...]
The Fastest Growing Economies In 2024
Courtesy of Visual Capitalist, a graphical look at the fastest growing economies in 2024: Which countries will see the most economic growth in 2024? To answer this question, we’ve visualized GDP [...]
Indonesia’s China-Powered ‘Ecocity’ Not So Clean or Green
Via the Asia Times, a look at the dirty side of clean energy in Indonesia where citizen face eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel ‘ecocity’: I first visited [...]
DP World Wins Bid to Run Part of Tanzanian Port for 30 Years
Via Bloomberg, a report on DP World’s winning bid to run part of the Dar es Salaam port: Dubai-based firm to invest $250 million to upgrade facilities Investment may rise to $1 billion over the [...]
South Korea Wins 46 Saudi Arabia Energy, Infrastructure Projects
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on South Korean engagement with Saudi Arabia: The South Korean government is pushing infrastructure and energy technology exports to Saudi Arabia, with 46 corporate deals [...]
The China-West Lithium Tango in South America
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how – despite the push toward decoupling – China-West collaboration persists in South America’s Lithium Triangle. But in the age of strategic [...]

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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.