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 [...]
“It’s Electric!”: China’s Power Play in Latin America
Via Wilson Center, a report on China’s focus on energy generation and transmission projects in Latin America: For a decade, China’s major electricity companies have been laser focused on [...]
Savannah Energy: Battered By Chad, Focuses On South Sudan
Via Energy Voice, an article on how – at the same time that Savannah Energy was announcing the cancellation of its deal to buy the Petronas assets in Chad – it set out an even more [...]
Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Kenya… Top-Performing Economies In Africa
Via The Africa Report, a look at the top performing economies in Africa: The continent is experiencing an uneven economic recovery, with significant variations from one country to another, according [...]

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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.