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: [...]
How Mobile Money Is Bringing Electricity to the World’s Poorest
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how startup Altech has expanded sixfold in two years with pay-as-you-go solar installations in the Congo: As a teenager, Washikala Malango’s family fled a [...]
Niger, China Discuss Uranium Mine and Other Deals
Courtesy of VOA News, a report on growing Chinese interest in Niger: The West African nation of Niger and China have been discussing deals that include an industrial park, an oil pipeline and a [...]
Vietnam Business Opportunities Aplenty in Ascendant SEAsia: HSBC Exec
Via The Investor.VN, a look at Vietnam’s investment potential from one senior banker’s perspective: Southeast Asia remains the world’s growth engine, and as an important economy in the [...]
Chinese Mining Company To Invest $350M In Afghanistan
Via The Frontier Post, a report on a planned Chinese investment in Afghanistan: Fan China Afghan Mining Processing and Trading Company (FAMPTC) stated on Thursday that it would spend $350 million 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.