Africa’s New Power Player: UAE Rises as Leading Investor Across the Continent
June 9th, 2025 Via Voice of Africa, a report on growing UAE investment interest in Africa: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has significantly expanded its economic and strategic footprint across Africa, pouring [...]
Chinese Investment Meets Fertile Ground In Morocco
June 9th, 2025 Via Global Times, a look at how Chinese investments meet fertile ground in Morocco’s automotive, aeronautics, textile, agriculture, aquaculture sectors: Editor’s Note: This year marks the [...]
China’s Gray-Zone Infrastructure Strategy on the Tibetan Plateau: Roads, Dams, and Digital Domination
June 8th, 2025 Via Center for Strategic and International Studies, a look at China’s gray-zone infrastructure strategy on the Tibetan Plateau: China’s use of critical infrastructure to control downstream [...]
Chad Seeks $30B Investment
June 8th, 2025 Via Reuters, a report on Chad’s $30 billion development plan: Chad’s national development plan seeks $30 billion in public and private investment as it pursues growth in areas including [...]
Hydrocarbons and Hegemony: Türkiye’s Oil and Gas Exploration in Somalia
June 4th, 2025 Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Türkiye’s oil and gas exploration in Somalia: In crafting the emotions and sentiments of societies and nations, misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation [...]
Madagascar Courts UAE Investment to Offset US Tariff Threat
June 3rd, 2025 Via Bloomberg, an article on Madagascar’s efforts to court UAE investment: Madagascar is seeking to boost investments from the United Arab Emirates to spur growth in its tourism and energy [...]

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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.