Uzbekistan Meets the World on its Own Terms
Via Asia Sentinel, a look at how foreign investment is driving blistering economic growth in Uzbekistan, which won’t be dictated to by China or the US: Foreign investment from countries including [...]
Angola Is Emerging as One of Africa’s Most Important Gateways to the Asia-Pacific
Via The Diplomat, a look at Angola’s recent growth: Angola’s city of Lobito, resting behind a natural harbor on the Western side of Africa, is becoming a major industrial port city. It is the [...]
Is North Korea’s Economic Miracle Sustainable?
Via The Week, a look at North Korea where Kim Jong Un says ‘everything has fundamentally changed’, but analysts caution that growth is just a war-fuelled ‘Russian sugar high’ North Korea has [...]
The Dominican Republic’s Baseball Factory
Via Medium, a look at how a single island continues to produce the most electric talent in professional sports: We are taking a field trip! We are going to be talking about the Dominican Republic. [...]
China-Africa: Race for Investment Becomes a Battle for Value
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – in just one year – Chinese investment in Africa surged by 254%. Africa has emerged as the biggest regional beneficiary of China’s Belt and Road [...]
Morocco-China: What is the Real Weight of Beijing in the Moroccan Economy?
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Morocco now occupies a prominent place in China’s industrial deployment, which aims to penetrate the markets of Europe and Africa: Ten years after the signing [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.