China’s CATL Confronts Triple Threat to its EV Battery Leadership
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on how China’s CATL is taking on challenges to its battery leadership by taking on mining projects, expanding overseas, and developing new technology: [...]
China’s Big Gamble in Pakistan: A 10-year Scorecard for CPEC
Via the Lowy Institute, a review of China’s BRI engagement with Pakistan: A flagship for China’s much-vaunted Belt and Road Initiative, the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic [...]
Saudi Arabia To Ramp Up Oil Investments In China As It Competes With Russia
Via Middle East Eye, an article on Saudi Arabia’s plan to ramp up oil investments in China as it competes with Russia: Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, will plough ahead with [...]
Investing In Gabon’s Hospitality Sector
Gabon has been on a quest to diversify its economy away from its dependence on oil for some years now. Crude oil sales, along with manganese, account for 98% of the export revenues generated by the [...]
UAE Raises Stakes In Competition For Lucrative African Market
Via The East African, a report on growing UAE interest in Africa: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has joined the bandwagon of global superpowers scrambling to gain commercial influence in Africa, [...]
The African Union Should Prepare Now for G20 Membership
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how – as more countries call for the AU to be granted full membership – African leaders must reach a consensus on economic issues, devise a clear plan [...]

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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.