Africa’s Silicon Valley? Djibouti Goes Digital
April 25th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, an article on Djibouti which is going digital with 10 submarine cables: Undersea telecom cables run to Djibouti for the same reason that eight big powers came here to put up [...]
Aramco and Alpha MBM Push UAE Oil Power in Uganda and Kenya
April 24th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, an article on UAE’s growing oil influence in East Africa: Refiners, strategic oil stores… While traditional partners hesitate, Emirati firms are fast-tracking energy [...]
Starlink Coming to Somalia, But Regional Tensions Lurk
April 24th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, commentary on Starlink’s entry in to the Somali market: The Somali government’s recent approval of a licence for US-based Starlink to operate in Somalia represents a [...]
Trump’s Tariffs Risk Pushing Cambodia Further into China’s Embrace
April 24th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a report on a  massive canal highlights Beijing’s deep investment in Cambodia just as the US is pulling back, leaving the Southeast Asian nation with less room to balance ties: [...]
Rare Earths And Global Rivalries: Burundi And The Reconfiguration Of Strategic Supply Chains
April 21st, 2025 Via Eurasia Review, an article on Burundi’s role in the global rare earth race: On March 4, 2025, US President Donald Trump argued before Congress in favor of reducing the budget for USAID, the [...]
Erik Prince Returns To DRC Amid U.S. Mineral Security Push
April 21st, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a report on Erik Prince’s planned return to the DRC: The controversial founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince, has struck a fresh deal with the government of the Democratic [...]

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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.