Chinese Investors and Samoan High Chief Plot A Cryptocurrency Hub In Paradise
Via Eurasia Review, a look at a curious Chinese-led cryptocurrency vision for Samoa: At a slickly choreographed event in Hong Kong on April 26, the island nation of Samoa was introduced to a vision [...]
Vietnam’s Economic Moment Has Arrived
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on the need for Vietnam to reinvest its manufacturing-led growth dividend to support the development of more productive, knowledge-rich sectors, to meet [...]
Mexico’s Growing eCommerce Infrastructure Is Built On Top of Its Smallest Shops
Courtesy of Rest of World, an interesting look at how, while Amazon and MercadoLibre get all the credit, it’s really a patchwork of mom-and-pop shops that keep Mexico’s e-commerce running: Online [...]
Wagner’s Mercenary gold rush in Mali
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Wagner’s mercenary gold rush in Mali Since its arrival in Bamako at the end of 2021, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s group Wagner has been eyeing Mali’s [...]
First Qashqari Oil Extraction Starts In Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul Province
Via Afghanistan’s ATN News, a report and video of the first Qashqari oil extraction starts in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says a test [...]
Unveiling the Economic Rise of Bangladesh: A Beacon of Hope in South Asia
Via The Geopolitics, a look at the economic rise of Bangladesh: The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and Study Circle London jointly organized the conference “EU-Bangladesh Cooperation: [...]

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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.