An Indonesian Company’s Rent-A-Solar-Panel Model Aims To Reduce Emissions
Via Rest of World, a report on Xurya Daya Indonesia which claims to be the first startup in the country to rent out rooftop solar panels: Founded in 2018, Xurya Daya Indonesia started by renting [...]
Boosting Cote d’Ivoire’s Trade Links With Asia Via Road
Via South China Morning Post, an article on the Chinese-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank which seeks to boost Ivory Coast’s trade links to Asia with road upgrade scheme: The project to [...]
Nigeria’s New Blue Economy Ministry – Moving Focus Away From Oil
Via The Conversation, an article on Nigeria’s new blue economy ministry: Why has Nigeria established a new ministry for the blue economy? The blue economy is the sustainable use of ocean and [...]
Yemen Economy Collapses as Talks Fail to Restore Truce
Via Al Monitor, a report on Yemen’s increasingly distressed economy: Food shortages, power cuts and a collapsing currency are upending daily life in Yemen as peace talks make no headway in [...]
How China’s Hottest Social Media App Turned Düsseldorf Into A Foodie Destination
Courtesy of Rest of World, an interesting look at how a Chinese social media app can impact purchasing decisions continents away, making the trendiest food city in Europe not Paris or London but [...]
China’s Confucius Institutes Go South
Courtesy of The Wire, commentary on how – while Western governments are turning against Chinese cultural centers – developing countries are giving them a warmer welcome, with investment [...]

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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.