Taliban Cancel Oilfield Deal With Chinese in Afghanistan’s North
June 25th, 2025 Via Nikkei Asia, a report that the Taliban have canceled an oilfield deal with the Chinese in Afghanistan’s north due to slow progress: Afghanistan’s Taliban government has terminated a [...]
How Myanmar Plays A Critical Role in China’s Rare Earth Dominance
June 24th, 2025 Via CNBC, a look at how war-torn Myanmar plays a critical role in China’s rare earth dominance: Myanmar is one of the world’s largest suppliers of rare earth production, according to the U.S. [...]
South Sudan Visits UAE To Push for Investment
June 24th, 2025 Via North Africa Post, a report on South Sudan’s Salva Kiir on visit to UAE amid regional tensions and push for investment: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit started on Sunday, June 22, [...]
Africa Tightens Grip on Key Minerals
June 24th, 2025 Via Semafor, a look at Africa’s tightening grip of key minerals: Governments across Africa have tightened their control of key minerals, the latest signs of a shift toward resource [...]
Namibia’s Plans To Build The World’s First Hydrogen Economy
June 24th, 2025 Via MIT Technology Review, an article on how Namibia wants to build the world’s first hydrogen economy: On an afternoon in March in the middle of the world’s oldest desert, Johannes Michels looks [...]
China Has Influence Over Ports Across Latin America
June 24th, 2025 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on a new Center for Strategic and International Studies report that found wider Chinese involvement in regional ports than previously reported: Chinese [...]

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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.