Kenya: Is Ruto’s government dumping China for the West?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Kenya’s shift towards western investors and governments: Kenya is increasingly becoming a darling of the West when it comes to trade and investment, a [...]
Iraq: Key Destination For Chinese Investment
Via Geo Politics in South Asia and MENA, a report on Chinese investment in Iraq: In recent years, Iraq has become one of the leading destinations for Chinese investments in the Middle East and a [...]
North Korea’s Efforts to Monopolize Its Food Supply
Via The Diplomat, a report on North Korea’s food markets: Recently there have been reports from inside North Korea that a ban on the sale of rice and corn has been implemented in some parts of [...]
Growth of Africa’s Towns and Small Cities Is Transforming The Continent
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how Africa’s urbanization is making lives better, but not by as much as it could: In 2012, when Moses Aloo inherited a plot from his grandfather, his [...]
Inside Flipkart, The Indian Giant Beating Amazon
Via Rest of World, a detailed look at Flipkart – Walmart’s biggest acquisition – India’s e-commerce leader: In October 2016, employees at Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce [...]
Turkmenistan: Spending $5B To Build A City Honoring Strongman Leader
Via Quartz, a report on Turkmenistan’s strongman leader, who has already penned a song dedicated to his favorite horse, is now building a city in his own name: State officials announced today [...]

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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.