Indonesia: Not Ready to Become Asia’s Submarine Cable Hub
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at Indonesia’s growing importance in the global submarine cable network: Subsea cables—thin glass fibers protected by plastic and steel wire armor, about as [...]
India’s Rapidly-Growing EV Market
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on India’s rapidly-growing EV market where a $1.3 billion federal plan to encourage EV manufacturing and provide discounts for customers along with rising [...]
Molar City: How a Tiny Mexican Border City Built a Budget Dental Empire
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an interesting look at medical tourism which is seeing people flock to Mexico’s Molar City for its 350 dental offices and relief from the high costs in the US and Canada: [...]
China Shores Up BRI Deals with Middle East Cash and Partnerships
Via the South China Morning Post, an article on Chinese efforts to shore up belt-and-road deals with Middle East cash and partnerships as Western investment wanes: Beijing’s charm offensive to [...]
Africa’s EV Input
Via Semafor, a look at Africa’s global share of EV metals and minerals: The worldwide supply chain disruption caused by the global pandemic from 2020 through 2021 forced major organizations to [...]
10 Years On: Has CPEC Spurred Economic Activity in Pakistan?
Via Panda Paw Dragon Claw, commentary on the real economic impact of CPEC in Pakistan: As the Belt and Road turns 10, it is a good time to assess the successes and failures of the initiative. Such a [...]

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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.