Iran: Attempting To Create A Gas Alliance With Qatar
Via New Eastern Outlook, a report on Iran’s efforts to establish a new gas alliance: Iran is attempting to create a gas alliance involving Qatar. While Turkey is attempting to rescue the grain [...]
Africa: A Growing Investment Destination
An interesting graphic via the CIA Factbook and African Wealth Summit, reminding us that – with a market value of $4 trillion and being one of the fastest-growing regions globally – [...]
Ethiopia’s Social Media Shutdowns Threaten Its Digital Economy
Via Semafor, commentary on the negative impact that Ethiopia’s social media shutdowns are having on its digital economy: Ethiopia wants to build an open digital economy, but it’s also [...]
China Begins Lithium Extraction, Increases Mining Investment in Bolivia
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Beijing’s growing investment presence in Bolivia, in particular the growing Chinese interest in lithium, is prompting concerns about economic dependency. [...]
Belt and Road: A Net Benefit for Bangladesh So Far
Courtesy of the Asia Times, commentary on BRI benefits for Bangladesh where Dhaka has prudently avoided any ‘debt trap’ while addressing key infrastructure shortages with Chinese funding and [...]
Zimbabwe: Expanding Its Lithium Industry with China’s Support
Via Inconcreto, a report on Zimbabwe’s expanding lithium industry: Located in the southern part of Africa, Zimbabwe is a former colony of the British Empire that gained fully independence in [...]

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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.