How Indonesia Used Chinese Industrial Investments to Turn Nickel into the New Gold
Via The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an examination of how China’s Belt and Road Initiative helped build an industrial complex in Indonesia—but contestations at the local and [...]
China Eyes Russia’s Far East Resources
Via The Asia Times, an article on China’s interest in Russia’s Far East: China and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic ties after top leaders held high-profile meetings in Moscow, [...]
Egypt-China Relations Strengthen With $2 Billion Factory Deal
Via Al Monitor, a report on China’s growing investment in Egypt: Egypt’s Suez Canal announced a deal on Thursday with a Chinese company to build a steel and iron factory. The agreement is one [...]
Somalia Hasn’t Printed New Cash Since 1991. Now A Top Priority
Via Bloomberg, an article on Somalia’s Central Bank’s priorities: The Central Bank of Somalia’s top priority is to reestablish the nation’s currency, which will enable it to take full [...]
Russia and Mongolia: Potential Economic Projects
Via New Eastern Outlook, an article on potential economic projects between Russia and Mongolia: Legally, ties between Russia and Mongolia currently stand at a level of Comprehensive and Strategic [...]
Africa’s Population Boom: Opportunities and Risks
Courtesy of STRATFOR Worldview, first part of an ongoing series that explores the opportunities and risks provided by Africa’s expected population boom in the coming decades: At a time when [...]

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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.