Cambodia: Economic Revival Hinges On Chinese Tourists
Via the Asia Times, a report on how Cambodia’s economy has underperformed and will likely continue to underwhelm until China brings back its ‘green gold’ in the form of visiting tourists: The [...]
Venezuela’s Economic Inequality
Via Foreign Policy, an article on Venezuela’s economic inequality where, as high-end stores open in Caracas, the poor are getting poorer: In mid-November, a glassy Saks Fifth Avenue-like [...]
UAE Investors Visit Port City Colombo
Via The Daily FT (Sri Lanka’s first and only national daily business paper), a report on recent Emirati investor delegation visit to Port City Colombo: A delegation of investors from the United [...]
UAE’s Mubadala to Focus on Asia Deals as China Recovers
Via Bloomberg, a report on UAE’s Mubadala plans to focus on Asia and China in 2023: Mubadala Investment Co. plans to focus on investments in Asia this year as China recovers from the pandemic [...]
Africa Will Get A New $1B Spaceport In Djibouti
Via Quartz, a report on a planned new spaceport in Djibouti which is expected to include seven satellite launch pads and three rocket testing pads, and will be the first orbital spaceport on the [...]
Egypt’s Economic Crisis Is a Golden Opportunity
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how Egypt’s current economic crisis could be a golden opportunity to reform the economy by rooting out cronyism and reducing the military’s outsize role [...]

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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.