China: BRI Financing to Remain Low, Leaving Global South in the Lurch
Via RANE Worldview, analysis of China’s BRI financing in 2023: What Happened: According to a study conducted by the Global Development Policy Center at Boston Univerity, China has [...]
North Korea Mines New Revenue Sources in Its Trade With China
Via The Diplomat, a report on the latest data which shows Pyongyang is continuing to adapt to U.N. sanctions, while trade is beginning to rebound from pandemic lows: North Korea has spent much of [...]
Cuba’s Deepening Economic Crisis Is Putting Diaz-Canel in a Bind
Via World Politics Review, a look at Cuba’s current economic crisis: Cuba is suffering. That was the inescapable conclusion from a recent trip to the island. The aged electrical grid is [...]
Can UAE Help Revive Zambia’s Solar Dream After World Bank, China Disappointments?
Via The Africa Report (subscription required), an article on Zambia’s hopes that new UAE cooperation will revive its solar dreams:  Drought-prone Zambia hopes the $2bn direct investment from [...]
U.S. Grants License To Trinidad And Tobago To Develop Venezuelan Gas Field
Via OilPrice.com, a report that the U.S. has granted a license to Trinidad and Tobago To develop a Venezuelan gas field: The U.S. Treasury has granted a license to Trinidad and Tobago, allowing the [...]
Pakistan’s Economy Nears Collapse As Foreign Currency Reserves Plunge
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Pakistan’s dire economic condition: Pakistan’s economy is at risk of collapse, with rolling blackouts and a severe foreign currency shortage leaving [...]

ABOUT
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.