Rwanda’s Push to be Africa’s Financial Hub Attracts Leading Fintech Startups
Via Semafor, a look at Rwanda’s push to be Africa’s financial hub by attracting leading fintech startups: KIGALI, Rwanda – Two of Africa’s biggest fintech players are expanding their [...]
The Emerging Contours of Saudi-Emirati Competition in Southeast Asia
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the two gulf states’ growing diplomatic and economic outreach to southeast Asia: Early last month, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the president of the United Arab [...]
DR Congo Sounds Alarm About Cobalt Prospects
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on recent statements from the DRC’s state mining group about cobalt market dominance and dynamics: The new head of Gécamines, the Democratic Republic [...]
Western Sahara: Looking at EU-Morocco Fisheries Deal On The Ground
Via The Africa Report, an article on the Western Sahara’s fisheries deal with the EU: Despite its famed reputation for desert landscapes, exuding a perpetual air of desolation, Western Sahara [...]
Will India Surpass China to Become the Next Superpower? Four Inconvenient Truths…
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, analysis of India’s potential to surpass China: When India overtook China in April to become the world’s most populous nation, observers wondered: Will New Delhi [...]
Afghanistan, China Interested In Connecting Via Wakhan Corridor
Via Times of Central Asia, a report that Afghanistan and China are interested in connecting via Wakhan corridor: The Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said that the Islamic Emirate [...]

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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.