From Bangkok to Manila, Southeast Asian Metro Rail Expands Rapidly
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at how metro rail networks across southeast Asia will grow 20% through 2024, helping to ease congestion: Metropolitan rail networks in Southeast Asia are on track to [...]
How Campaign Promises Crashed Ghana’s Economy
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how Ghana’s economic troubles long preceded the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to its politicians’ penchant for overspending: Ghana’s economic descent has [...]
Egypt Raises $1.9 Billion From Sale of State-Owned Companies
Via Al Monitor, a report on Egypt’s progress in selling state-owned entities in response to its economic crisis. Gulf states have hinted that they may not support Egypt as much as they have in [...]
Wagner Group’s Central African Financial Model
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an investigation into how Wagner – from gold to coffee, wood to spirits – has made the Central African Republic and Cameroon the backbone of a network of [...]
DHL Invests In Latin America As Clients Expand Supply Chains Beyond China
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on DHL’s efforts to build new warehouses across alternative manufacturing hubs including Mexico, Malaysia and Vietnam: Deutsche Post DHL is investing [...]
Power Play? A Troubled New Power Plant Leaves Jordan in Debt to China
Via AP News, an article on a troubled new power plant which has left Jordan in debt to China, raising concerns over Beijing’s influence: Jordan’s Attarat power plant was envisioned as a landmark [...]

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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.