Somalia Rebuffs Ethiopia’s Bid to Gain Direct Access to Red Sea Port
Via Bloomberg, an article on Ethiopia’s recent call to gain direct access to the Red Sea: Ethiopia has called for talks with neighbors on harbor access Somalia to retain control of strategic [...]
Ghana Greenlights First Lithium Mine with Eye on EV Boom
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on Ghana’s approval of its first lithium mine: Ghana’s government has approved its first lithium mine run by a subsidiary of Australia-based Atlantic Lithium [...]
Mining Will Revive Malawi’s Economy says Minister
Via WhyAfrica, a report on Malawi’s economy: It is a humid spring morning in August when I walk into the office of Minister Chang’anamuno on the third floor of Government Building [...]
Views From the Ground: India
Via GlobalX by Mirae Investments, commentary on India’s investment potential: We continue to see India as the best structural growth opportunity in emerging markets (EM), if not the world. Our [...]
China National Chem to Build Angola’s $6 Billion Lobito Refinery
Via Bloomberg, a report that China National Chemical Engineering will build Angola’s $6 Billion Lobito refinery: Angola will sign a contract with China National Chemical Engineering Co. on Friday [...]
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Taliban’s Economic Dreams
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how the specter of insecurity in Afghanistan has been replaced by a lack of governance and widespread incompetence. Investors from China or any other country can be [...]

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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.