Beijing and Washington Are Battling Over Africa’s Green Future
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on how the global energy transition depends on building partnerships with African states. In March 2023, three renewable energy players—Conjuncta from [...]
International Competition Over Turkmenistan’s Transport Routes Intensifies
Via Jamestown Foundation, a report on how international competition over Turkmenistan’s transport routes has intensified: As Turkmenistan has been closed off from the rest of the world for most of [...]
Nusantara: Building A New “Green” Capital From The Ground Up
Indonesia is attempting to build a green, walkable city from scratch. It’s a big, bold idea championed by Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo and motivated, in part, by the fact that the capital [...]
Last-Mile Delivery Startups Are Saving The Day For Nigeria’s Small Businesses
Via Rest of World, a look at how inconsistency and theft by independent couriers previously plagued small shops in Nigeria, but now more organized apps benefit riders and sellers alike: As e-commerce [...]
As West Surges Towards Electric Cars, Unwanted Gas Guzzlers Go To Africa
Via CNN, an article on how America’s unwanted gas guzzling cars end up in places like Benin, Nigeria, and Kenya: Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is [...]
Rise of Geopolitical Swing States
Via Goldman Sachs, interesting commentary on the growing importance of what they term “geopolitical swing states”, countries such as India, Brazil, UAE, Qatar, and Vietnam among others: [...]

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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.