Turkey, Egypt Defy Emerging Markets’ Worst August in Years
Via Bloomberg, an article on emerging markets’ stock index performance in August: Turkey and Egypt have gone from underdogs to star performers as emerging-market stocks endured the worst August [...]
Clean Energy Projects Are Booming Everywhere. Except in Poor Nations.
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on some of the big obstacles to clean energy deployment in developing nations.  But in Democratic Republic of Congo, a hard-fought solar investment shows a [...]
Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia: ‘Welcome Joint Investment’
Via The Iran Project, a report on a recent announcement that Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey would welcome joint investment: The Iran Project – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian [...]
When the (Pop) Music Stopped in Gabon
Via Semafor, a look at how Gabonese wealth was splashed around over the decades was through a familial love of music, particularly spending on bringing some of the world’s biggest stars for one-off [...]
Middle East Digital Economy To Grow To $780B by 2030: UBS
Via TradeArabia, a report on a recent UBS study examining the Middle East’s digital economy: The Middle East’s digital economy will grow from $180 billion in 2022 to $780 billion in 2030 or [...]
Oman’s Bold Bitcoin Play: $1.1 Billion Investment On Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure
Via Forbes, an article on Oman’s  $1.1B investment into bitcoin mining infrastructure: H.E Sheikh Mansour Bin Taleb Bin Ali Al Hinai, Chairman of Oman’s Authority for Public Services [...]

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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.