Africa in 2023: Can The Continent Outrun Global Headwinds?
Via African Business, a look at Africa’s economic prospects for 2023 – a year in which many of Africa’s major economies will suffer from the ongoing impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war [...]
Taliban Settle Oil Deal With Chinese Company
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on a deal between the Taliban and a Chinese petroleum company which is actually a repeat of a previous contract signed by the former Republic government with CNPC [...]
Billionaire-Backed KoBold Metals To Invest In Zambia Copper Mine
Via Reuters, a report on the first significant direct American investment into the Zambian mining sector in more than 30 years, a project which President Hakainde Hichilema says will reset [...]
Abu Dhabi To Invest $15 Billion In Decarbonization
Via Al Monitor, a report on Abu Dhabi’s plans to invest $15 billion in decarbonization: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced a major investment in sustainable and green [...]
Does China Pose a Threat to Global Rare Earth Supply Chains?
Via ChinaPower, commentary on a potential Chinese threat to global rare earth supply chains: As China’s economy has developed over the last several decades, its leaders have sought to transform the [...]
The Somali Gold Rush Endangering Frankincense and Myrrh
Via BBC, a report on how a modern-day gold rush in Somaliland is putting the ancient perfume trade in frankincense and myrrh at risk: “The gold, frankincense and myrrh brought by the three [...]

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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.