Taliban Sets Up Investment Consortium With Firms From Russia, Iran
Via Reuters, a report on Afghanistan’s efforts to create an investment plan for power, mining, and infrastructure: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has set up a consortium of [...]
How Ghana and Gambia Are Planning To Bolster Their Digital Economies
Courtesy of Quartz, a report on how two west African countries are gearing up for tech-based economies where knowledge is the new business capital: As legacy economies continue to fall out of favor [...]
Angola’s Mining Sector: From Rough Diamond To Polished Gem?
Via AfricaPractice, a look at Angola’s mining potential: International investment in Angola’s mining sector has historically been limited relative to oil and gas, with capital deterred by [...]
The Limits of India’s Maritime Capabilities
Courtesy of Geopolitical Futures, an examination of India’s maritime capabilities:   Perhaps the most important dynamic to follow as the U.S.-China competition intensifies is U.S.-India [...]
Bolivia Looks to China to Develop Its Lithium
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on Chinese firms’ ability to give La Paz its best chance to capitalize on the green transition.   The green energy transition is driving a global race [...]
Bengal Lights for the Belt and Road Initiative: Specifics of Bangladesh Policy
Via the Russian Council, a look at Bangladesh’s engagement with China’s BRI: Bangladesh has been boasting the highest economic growth rates among the countries of South Asia over the past [...]

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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.