Jokowi Wants His Successor to Continue Banning Mineral Ore Exports
January 24th, 2023 Via Jakarta Globe, a report that Indonesian President Jokowi wants his successor to continue to prohibit the export of various key minerals: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday said he [...]
Brazil and Argentina Eye Common Currency Similar To Euro
January 24th, 2023 Courtesy of Fortune, an article on Brazil and Argentina’s exploration of a common currency similar to the euro, with other Latin American nations invited to join: Argentina and Brazil are in [...]
Uganda Issues Licence For $3.5B Oil Pipeline
January 24th, 2023 Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report that Uganda issued a licence for the construction of a controversial $3.5 billion pipeline set to carry crude oil from the East African country to international [...]
DRC To Construct First Hydrogen Plant In Central Africa
January 24th, 2023 Via the DRC’s AGC Press, a report that Kinshasa signed a memorandum of understanding with a French firm for the construction of a hydrogen plant: A memorandum of understanding was signed on [...]
3 Lessons on Sustainable Growth from the Dominican Republic
January 24th, 2023 Via the World Economic Forum, an interesting report on the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic has recorded one of the world’s strongest recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic. The [...]
Latin America Is Now China’s ‘Backyard’
January 24th, 2023 Via Newsweek, commentary on China’s growing engagement with Latin America: The People’s Republic of China is moving into Latin America in force. Excluding Mexico, China is the [...]

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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.