Pakistan’s Rich Mineral Endowment
April 8th, 2025 Via Mining Visuals,  a report on Pakistan’s rich mineral endowment: Pakistan sits at the crossroads of opportunity, strategically located within the mineral-rich Tethyan Belt known for hosting [...]
The Battle for Berbera: Inside the Global Scramble for Somaliland’s Strategic Red Sea Port
April 8th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at the global scramble for Somaliland’s strategic Red Sea port: Once a quiet outpost on the Gulf of Aden, Berbera in Somaliland is now at the heart of a high-stakes [...]
How Chinese Investments Are Reshaping Africa’s Steel Industry
April 7th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a report on how – for China – investing in Africa’s steel industry is a strategic move to relocate surplus production capacity and address slowing domestic demand: [...]
India, UAE to Develop Sri Lanka Energy Hub as Delhi Competes with China for Influence
April 7th, 2025 Via Reuters, a look at Indian and UAE efforts to develop Sri Lanka energy hub as Delhi competes with China for influence: India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri [...]
US Closes In On Critical Minerals Deal With DR Congo
April 7th, 2025 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on U.S. efforts to close in on a critical minerals deal with DR Congo: The US is closing on a deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo that would see [...]
Angola Rail Line Offers Clues to Trump’s Africa Policy
April 5th, 2025 Via New York Times, an article on the $4 billion Lobito Corridor project which was the Biden administration’s signature initiative in Africa. Early signs are that the Trump team supports it, too, [...]

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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.