Yellen’s Message In Africa: U.S. Here To Stay
Via Axios, an article on U.S. interest in Africa: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is kicking off her 10-day trip to Africa with a promise that America is committed to the continent through good times [...]
China in Ethiopia: A New Flow of Investments?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at China’s investment activity in Ethiopia: In an effort to embrace the post-Covid era, China is progressively opening up to the rest of the globe. [...]
Colombia, Venezuela Reach Joint Investment Protection Agreement
Via Bloomberg, a report on Colombia and Venezuela’s steps to cement warmer ties after years of tension: Colombia and Venezuela reached an agreement to strengthen investment protections between [...]
Guyana’s Offshore Oil Boom
Via Geopolitical Futures, a brief look at Guayana, the South American country which could be a top producer next decade: By 2035, the world’s fourth-largest offshore oil producer could be a South [...]
A New Copper Age Is Coming …
Via The Arab News, commentary on the prospect of a new copper age: We are entering a new copper age. As the world moves toward ambitious net zero carbon emissions targets, copper will take center [...]
South Sudan: Mobile Money’s Role In The Road To Recovery
Courtesy of GSMA, a report on the role that mobile money can play in the nation’s economic recovery: The launch of South Sudan’s first mobile money transfer services in 2019 – m-Gurush and [...]

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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.