GIFT City: India’s Free-Market Oasis Aims to Take On Singapore and Dubai
Via Bloomberg, an interesting look at India’s efforts to create a finance hub that will become the next Singapore or Dubai: India’s newest financial hub is rising from scrubland near the [...]
UAE Plans Global Energy Push With $150 Billion of Spending
Via Bloomberg, an article on the United Arab Emirates’ main energy company’s plans to boost investment to $150 billion over the next five years: The United Arab Emirates’ main energy [...]
$7bn Saudi Hydrogen Plan To Unleash Thailand’s Green Power Potential
Via Recharge News, a report on a Saudi ACWA’s new $7bn hydrogen plan to unleash Thailand’s green power potential: Saudi renewables developer ACWA Power is partnering with the Thai state [...]
Mongolia Puts Faith In Chinese Railway To Boost Covid-Battered Economy
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Mongolia’s hopes that a Chinese railway will help boost its Covid-battered economy: Mongolia opened a new rail line to China on Friday that the [...]
Most of the World’s Soccer Balls Come From Pakistan
Via Bloomberg, an article on how Sialkot, a city in northeast Pakistan, produces about 70% of the world’s supply—including Adidas’s Al Rihla, the official ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in [...]
Debt-Ridden Ghana Plans To Buy Oil With Gold Instead Of Dollars
Via Business Insider, an article on Ghana’s recent decision to buy oil with gold instead of dollars, as foreign currency reserves dwindle to an alarming low: Ghana’s government is [...]

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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.