Afghanistan: Taliban To Turn ex-Military Bases Into Special Economic Zones
Courtesy of the BBC, a report on Afghanistan’s plans to turn former military bases into special economic zones: Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it will turn some former foreign [...]
Iran, Turkmenistan Discuss Expansion of Energy Cooperation
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iranian and Turkey interest in expanding energy cooperation: On the sidelines of the 14th Specialized Economic Exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran in [...]
Growing China-Taliban Ties
Via Telangana Today, commentary on how China is one of the few countries that is committed to expanding its dealings with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, where it hopes to expand its use of [...]
Ethiopia Eyes UAE Institutional Investors
Via New Business Ethiopia, a report on Ethiopian efforts to attract UAE investors: The Government of Ethiopia says it is working to attract institutional investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [...]
Olmos Irrigation Project: Potential To Transform Northern Peru
Via Gateway to South America, a report on a massive hydrological project that has the potential to transform northern Peru: Since before Inca times (XV-XVI centuries), Peruvian people constrained by [...]
Sudan’s Leader Agrees to Host Russian Naval Base on Red Sea
Via The Maritime Executive, a report that Sudan has agreed to host a Russian naval base on the Red Sea:   Following the visit of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Sudan last week, Moscow [...]

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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.