Egypt: On Way to BRICS Membership?
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on the potential for Egypt to join BRICS: BRICS is a group created in 2009 that includes China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. The BRICS countries represent [...]
Sudan: Why Gold and War Do Not Mix
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at the impact that Sudan’s current conflict is having upon its legal – and illegal – gold industry: In 2022, Sudan’s gold exports reached [...]
Key Green Hydrogen Hotspots In Africa
Via Energy Central, a report on Africa’s significant opportunity to play a leading role in the global hydrogen economy, specifically some ‘hotspots’ where an abundance of renewable [...]
Railing Central Asia Into The World Economy
Via The Geopolitics, commentary on the potential that railway linkages offer Central Asia: If there is one key to unlocking the doors of any economy, it is certainly a railway. Since its invention [...]
Chile’s Move To Control Lithium Alarms Industry
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how Chile’s move to control lithium is alarming industry players, allowing Australia, Argentina and African countries to benefit as Santiago moves [...]
Taking The High Road: India’s Himalayan Infrastructure Drive Counters China
Via Terra Daily, a look at how India is taking on China in the race to build infrastructure in the Himalaya: Freshly laid roads, bridges, upgraded military camps, and new civilian infrastructure dot [...]

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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.