Amer International Group (aka Zhengwei): China’s Copper King
Via Week In China, a look at how Amer International Group (better known as Zhengwei) -a copper firm – outgrew Huawei to become Guangdong’s top firm: Taking first place in a government-backed [...]
Minerals and China’s Military Assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Via The Diplomat, an article on how Beijing’s growing investments in strategic resources in the DRC go hand in hand with increased military assistance intended to secure those assets: China’s [...]
Azerbaijan Warns Investment Needed To Increase EU Gas Flows
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Azerbaijan’s need for additional infrastructure investment in order to provide additional gas to the EU: Azerbaijan has warned the EU that it will [...]
Are Laos’ New Railways a Solution to its Lack of Trade with the West?
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on whether Laos’ new railways could help the nation address its lack of trade with the West: When Phankham Viphavanh, the prime minister of Laos, concluded a [...]
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fastest Growing Economies In 2022
Via How We Made It In Africa, a report on sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest growing economies: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Niger, Rwanda and South Sudan, along with the island nations of [...]
How Africa Can Chart Its Own Course
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary from Mo Ibrahim on how Africa can chart its own course: Africa is a vast and abundant continent. Roughly ten times the size of India and three times the size [...]

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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.