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: [...]
China and India Compete for Influence in the Indian Ocean
Via The Strategist, commentary on how India and China’s rivalry is reshaping South Asia: Home to almost two billion people, some of the world’s most dynamic economies, and important shipping [...]
China Expands Its Economic Reach Into The United States’ Backyard
Via East Asia Forum, an article on China expanded economic reach into Central and South America: In early March 2023, General Laura Richardson, head of the United States Southern Command, told a US [...]
Chile’s Lithium Industry Holds its Breath as Boric Pursues Nationalization
Courtesy of Stratfor’s Worldview, a look at the impact of Chile’s decision to nationalize its lithium industry: Increased state control of Chile’s lithium sector may lead to a [...]

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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.