Visualizing the BRICS Expansion in 4 Charts
August 25th, 2023 Courtesy of Visual Capitalist, an interesting visual look at the BRICS expansion: Visualizing the BRICS Expansion in 4 Charts BRICS is an association of five major countries [...]
Sudan Economist Forecasts ‘70 Per Cent Drop in Revenue’
August 25th, 2023 Via Dabanga Sudan, a report on the drastic negative impact conflict has had upon Sudan’s economy: Financial analyst Abdelazim El Amawi forecasted a 70 per cent drop in Sudan’s economic [...]
Iraq To Receive Gas from Turkmenistan
August 25th, 2023 Via Al Monitor, a report on a recent agreement between Iraq and Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan agreed on Thursday to export gas to Iraq, a move that could boost the Iraqi energy sector and lessen the [...]
Turkmenistan: Eurasia’s Transport Hub?
August 24th, 2023 Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Turkmenistan’s potential as Eurasia’s transportation hub: In May 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has announced the country’s [...]
China’s Africa Strategy: Shifting from Extraction to Investment
August 24th, 2023 Via The Conversation, a look at how China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment – driven from the industry-rich Hunan region: China experienced a massive economic boom in [...]
Afghanistan, an Energy Eldorado for China?
August 24th, 2023 Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on China’s interest in Afghanistan’s energy resources: August 2021 was a key date for the Asian continent. That month was marked by the failure of the [...]

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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.