U.S. / Vietnam Bamboo Diplomacy: Focused On Chips Not Troops
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on the limits—and hidden strengths—of Washington’s new partnership: In the weeks since U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Hanoi to announce a [...]
A New $850 Million Route to Speed Up Congo’s Copper Exports
Via Bloomberg, a report on a new $850 million, 184 km road connecting Zambia and DRC to the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania: Company plans new highway cutting through Zambia to Tanzania Project [...]
Investing In Africa’s Clean Energy Future
Via Semafor, a look at where investment is going for clean energy in Africa: A key aspect of global conversations around the clean energy transition relates to the financial cost of pivoting [...]
Why False Energy Hopes Are Bad for Africa
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on how rich-world advocates are pushing outlandish green scenarios that will keep Africans poor. At the 2023 Africa Climate Summit, a coalition of 500 activist [...]
Putting Renewable Energy Within Reach: Vietnam’s High-Stakes Pivot
Courtesy of McKinsey, a report on how – with conducive conditions – Vietnam’s renewable-energy development could increase exponentially to attract manufacturers and ensure its energy [...]
Abu Dhabi’s ADQ in Talks With Turkey to Build Railway for Trade Corridor
Via Al Monitor, a look at how – amid increasing cooperation between the two countries – an alternative trade corridor is planned linking Europe, the Middle East and Asia; Abu [...]

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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.