Somalia: Port of Berbera – Dubai Invests in Horn of Africa Shipping
Via AllAfrica, a look at how Dubai-based DP World is expanding its operations in Somaliland as part of a plan to turn the breakaway region into a major trade hub: The two new cranes towering over a [...]
Syrian Economy: On Brink of Collapse
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Syria’s economy which is on the brink of collapse: The wages Youssef once earned as a taxi driver in Aleppo used to be enough: though the days were [...]
How Greenland’s Mineral Wealth Made It a Geopolitical Battleground
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory is coveted by China, the United States, and global mining companies: Angutitsiaq Isbosethsen, 21, sits on a small [...]
Gwadar Protest Leader Warns Chinese To Leave Key Belt and Road Port
Via NikkeiAsia, a report on how the Pakistani government faces increasingly confrontational local rights movement to China’s BRI investment: A protest leader in the Pakistani port town of [...]
Iran, Russia Building Trade Route That Defies Sanctions
Via The Financial Tribune, a look at Iran and Russia’s efforts to build a trade route that defies sanctions: Iran, Russia Building Trade Route That Defies Sanctions ..... Russia and Iran are [...]
Zimbabwe Has Potential to Meet 20% of Global Lithium Demand
Via VOA, a report on Zimbabwe’s efforts to attract investment after the Mugabe era: Zimbabwe has the potential to supply 20 percent of the world’s lithium, the mines minister from Africa’s [...]

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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.