How Wagner Teamed up with the CAR’s Diamond Mafia
July 10th, 2023 Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how the Wagner group has taken control of the Central African diamond sector: A stone’s throw away, the river Kotto flows slowly, waiting to empty into the [...]
In Iraq and Algeria, TotalEnergies Signs Major Deals
July 10th, 2023 Via Al Monitor, an article on new deals between Iraq and TotalEnergies that aim to help Iraq fix its longstanding power issues: French energy giant TotalEnergies has signed major deals [...]
UAE Secures Rights to DRC Gold Exports for 25 Years
July 10th, 2023 Via Middle East Monitor, a report on a recent agreement between the DRC and UAE for export rights to locally extracted gold: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed an [...]
East Africa: Leveraging Natural Proximity to India, China, and the Gulf
July 9th, 2023 The recently released report by McKinsey & Company on reimagining economic growth in Africa offers a wealth of valuable insights and analyses. However, one aspect that I believe received [...]
How the West Can Forestall Green OPECs
July 9th, 2023 Courtesy of Semafor, commentary on how the West could head off the creation of new OPEC-like producer cartels for critical resources such as lithium by inviting mineral-rich Latin American and [...]
Iranian, Afghan Firms Ink MoU for Constructing Three Piers at Caspian Port
July 9th, 2023 Via Tasnim News, a report on a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between an Iranian and an Afghan company for $50 million worth of investment aimed at building three piers at the Caspian [...]

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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.