Rich Lode of EV Metals Could Boost Taliban and its New Chinese Partners
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the Pentagon dubbed Afghanistan ‘the Saudi Arabia of lithium’ but, now, it is American rivals that are angling to exploit those coveted [...]
UAE Signs Deal to Develop Mines in Eastern DR Congo
DR Congo’s state-owned mining company Sakima has signed a $1.9 billion deal with the United Arab Emirates to develop at least four industrial mines in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema in [...]
Costa Rica Again Tops List of FDI Overachievers
Courtesy of fdi Intelligence, a look at list of FDI overachievers: Costa Rica, North Macedonia and the UAE were the world’s best foreign direct investment (FDI) performers relative to the size of [...]
After Years of Cynicism, Foreign Investors Now Favoring India over China
Via Forbes India, a report on how the tide of foreign investments has turned as investors pull out of China stocks and turn to India and global emerging market ETFs, excluding China, for better [...]
AI’s Potential Impact On The Philippines’ Business Process Outsourcing Industry
Via Rest of World, a look at how AI may impact the Philippines’ call center industry, which makes up 7.5% of the country’s economy: The Philippines is a global giant in outsourced office [...]
Uganda: Cool Beans
Courtesy of Gates Notes, an interesting look at a Ugandan plant breeder making beans even more nutritious and easier to grow: What’s your favorite way to eat beans? Mine is in chili. I know [...]

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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.