Europe Lines Up African Minerals Pacts to Ease Reliance on China
Via Bloomberg, a report on European efforts to line up African mineral pacts to ease reliance on China: Partnerships expected to be signed during EU investment summit Deals part of bloc’s efforts [...]
How West Africa Can Reap More Profit From the Global Chocolate Market
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how resource-rich countries like Ghana are often cut out of lucrative parts of the business like manufacturing: The first leg of the 35-mile journey from [...]
‘Fertile ground’: Baghdad Sees Timid Revival With Investment Drive
Via Energy Daily, a report on Iraq’s investment revival: On a summer evening, Iraqis smoke shisha and go bowling at a sprawling riverside complex in Baghdad, one of the many new investments [...]
Morocco Aims To Become Key Player In Green Hydrogen
Courtesy of Energy Daily, a look at Morocco’s aims to become a key player in green hydrogen: Morocco has voiced ambitious plans to become North Africa’s top player in the emerging [...]
Uganda Seeks Chinese Funding For Oil Pipeline
Via Energy Daily, an article on Uganda’s efforts to secure funding for a controversial oil pipeline: Uganda is in the final stages of negotiations with Chinese financiers to help fund a [...]
Chinese Battery Groups Invest In Morocco To Serve Western Markets
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on China’s investment in Morocco, which possesses 70% of the world’s reserves of phosphate, an ingredient in the cheaper, lower-range batteries in [...]

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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.