South-South: UAE’s Masdar Commits $8B For Malaysia’s Renewable Projects
Via Arab News, an article on UAE’s commitment to invest $8bn to boost Malaysia’s renewable projects: Malaysia’s energy transition is set to gain momentum with an $8 billion investment from [...]
Sunny Albania Turns to Solar Power To Fuel Development
Via Energy Daily, a report on Albania’s solar power ambitions: Along southwestern Albania’s coastline, the sun shines bright — warming the 234,828 new solar panels at the Karavasta [...]
Gambia Plans First Stock Exchange to Widen Companies’ Funding Options
Via Bloomberg, an article on Gambia plans to open its first stock exchange: Nation seeks funding alternatives as interest rates rise Bourse will initially start operations at the central bank Gambia [...]
China Vows Belt and Road Ramp Up Despite Debt-Trap Criticism
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on China’s renewed BRI pledge which comes as Xi Jinping’s globe-spanning infrastructure blitz turns decade old: China on Tuesday said it will ramp up the Belt [...]
Ghana: Government Support Key To Africa’s First Lithium Refinery Ambition
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at efforts to set up Africa’s first lithium refinery in Ghana’s port city of Takoradi: CAA Mining and Luxembourg-based Livista Energy are collaborating to [...]
Mapped: Investment Risk, by Country
Courtesy of Visual Capitalist, a visual look at countries’ investment risk: What is the risk of investing in another country? Given the rapid growth of emerging economies, and the opportunities [...]

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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.