Syria and UAE’s DP World Ink $800M Deal for Port Development
Via Middle East Monitor, a report on an agreement between Syria and UAE’s DP World for port development: The Syrian government and DP World signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth $800 [...]
China Turns To PPP To Fund Big Projects In Africa
Via South China Morning Post, a look at how Chinese companies are teaming up with African governments to fund infrastructure while reducing financial risk and easing debt pressure: China has turned [...]
Ethiopia Signs Minerals, Energy Deals Worth $1.7 billion, Chiefly With Chinese Firms
Via Reuters, an article on recent investments into Ethiopia’s minerals and energy sector: Ethiopia has signed investment deals for its minerals and energy sectors worth more than $1.7 billion, [...]
How The Sino-US trade War Prompted Pakistan To Advance the Balochistan Mines and Minerals Act
In the second week of March, while the media was busy covering the deadly train hijacking in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, the provincial assembly quietly and in great haste [...]
Sudan’s World War
Via Sidecar, commentary on the ongoing war in Sudan: The 15 April marked the two-year anniversary of a civil war in Sudan that has left tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. I published an [...]
US Assesses Financial Support for Construction of Cambodia Airport
Via , an article on potential U.S. financial support for the construction of a new Cambodian airport: The U.S. government has announced it is assessing whether to help finance a nearly-completed [...]

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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.