Africa: ‘Solar Is the Oil of 21st Century’
Via the East African, a look at the importance of solar energy in Africa but the fact that investment in the sector is still negligible as – last year – even though $250 billion globally [...]
Chinese Mining Company Opens Giant Lithium Processing Plant in Zimbabwe
Via AP News, a report on a new Chinese-funded lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe: A Chinese mining company formally opened a $300 million lithium processing plant Wednesday in Zimbabwe, which has [...]
The Taliban Are Now Arms Dealers
Via Foreign Policy, an article on a new line of business for the Taliban – shopping for left-behind American weapons—and turning them against Washington’s friends around the world: The U.S. [...]
In Namibia, Kelp Forests Help Lock Up Planet-Heating Carbon
Via News24, a report on how – in Namibia – giant kelp forests are being grown off the coast of Luderitz, a former diamond mining town in the south of the country, to help lock away [...]
India Has Become a Middle Eastern Power
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on India’s rise and the need to take New Delhi’s projection of power in the region seriously: A decade ago, I went to India on a three-week speaking [...]
The Rising Sino-Qatari Gas Collaboration
Via Amwaj Media, a look at the rising Sino-Qatari gas collaboration: As the importance of China’s role in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector grows, the energy dimensions to Sino-Qatari [...]

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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.