Turkmenistan’s Leader Travels To Beijing As Dependence On China Grows
Via Eurasia Review, a report on Turkmenistan’s growing dependence on China:  (Hoping to boost his country’s economic prospects and deepen its energy links with China, Turkmen President [...]
Pakistan Orders Shops and Hotels to Close Early Amid Economic Crisis
Via The Diplomat, an article on Pakistan’s recent efforts to reduce energy consumption to cut imports of oil, the measure could adversely affect businesses that are yet to recover from the [...]
China: Expanding Its Infrastructure To Project Power Along Its Western Borders
Courtesy of China Power, a detailed look at how China is expanding its infrastructure to project power along its Western borders: Much attention has been paid to China’s efforts to modernize its [...]
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 [...]

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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.