BRI’s Digital Silk Road
October 28th, 2022 Via IISS China, an incredible mapping tool to follow the Digital Silk [...]
Saudi Arabia and China Agree On Coordinating Investments in BRI States
October 28th, 2022 Via Zawya.com, a report that Saudi Arabia and China have agreed on coordinating investments in BRI states: Saudi Arabia and China agreed Wednesday on jointly coordinating investments in the [...]
‘Mexico of the Middle East’: Can Jordan Become A Nearshoring Hub?
October 28th, 2022 Via Middle East Eye, an article on Jordan’s potential as a nearshoring hub: A dusty 40-minute drive southeast of Amman brings you to a patch of desert where a sprawling complex of blue [...]
Nigeria Pins Hopes on Deep Sea Port to End Cargo Congestion
October 27th, 2022 Via Bloomberg, a report on Nigeria’s $1.5 billion Lekki port built by China Harbor Engineering Co. which will be West Africa’s biggest port, cut waiting times offshore: Nigeria is betting a [...]
Upgrade for Belt & Road to BRI 3.0?
October 27th, 2022 Via the Belt and Road blog, commentary on BRI 3.0: In the report of General Secretary Xi Jinping for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Belt&Road was only mentioned in [...]
Two-Cent Venezuela Bonds Lure Traders Hunting Lottery-Like Score
October 27th, 2022 Via Bloomberg, an article on how European and Latin America funds are taking a flyer on Venezuelan debt: It’s one of the most outlandish bets in global credit markets: Buying up defaulted bonds [...]

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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.