Crippling Fuel Crisis Turns Cuba Towards Old Friend Russia
Via BBC, an article on Cuba’s acute fuel shortages which – on top of years of food insecurity, inflation and electricity blackouts – is pushing Cuba closer to Russia: Cuban taxi [...]
Emerging Markets: Need Imagination In Changing Global Order
Via New African Magazine, commentary on how emerging markets across Africa and beyond should take advantage of the precedents being set by geopolitical wildcards – notably, Saudi Arabia – [...]
WhatsApp Voice Notes Are Revolutionizing Farming In Senegal
Courtesy Rest of World, a look at how WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal: > In Senegal, a country with low levels of literacy, WhatsApp voice notes allow farmers and [...]
African Countries Are in a Race to Recover the Chinese Tourist Market
Courtesy of Semafor, a look at how various African nations are targeting Chinese visitors to reinvigorate their tourism markets: Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa are leading a charge by African [...]
The Scramble for African Aviation
Via The Business Year, an interesting look at the scramble for African aviation, a race that often seems to be between Emirates and Turkish Airlines: How did Turkish Airlines become the major player [...]
Ethiopia Launches Tender for New Telecoms Licence
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on Ethiopia’s recent announcement to launch a new tender for a telecommunications license: Ethiopia has launched a tender for a second new telecommunications [...]

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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.