Mapped: 2023 Inflation Forecasts by Country
Courtesy of Visual Capitalist, a very interesting graphical look at inflation forecasts for 2023 – with Venezuela, Argentina, and Zimbabwe showing the highest estimates: Mapped: 2023 Inflation [...]
The Geopolitics of Sri Lanka’s Energy Crisis
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – with recent visits to Colombo by top officials from India and the U.S. – Sri Lanka’s power sector is becoming a theater of big power rivalry: Two top [...]
Africa’s Streaming War Hinges On Local Content
Via Quartz, an interesting look at Africa’s streaming industry and growth potential: With streaming services today in a global race for eyeballs, market leaders such as Netflix, Disney Plus, [...]
China Battles West for Raw Material of the Future
Via Spiegel International, a report on the battle for minerals in the DRC: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to perhaps the largest lithium deposit in the world. China is eagerly trying to [...]
At Mining Indaba, Washington Focuses On Africa’s Strategic Minerals
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the recent “Investing in African Mining Indaba” conference in Cape Town: The US administration is leading a Western initiative to secure [...]
Somaliland’s Oil Find Could Reset The Regional Balance
Via The Conversation, a report on how the presence of oil in Somaliland has raised the stakes in Somaliland’s claim for independence from Somalia as it holds the potential for a new stream of [...]

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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.