South Africa and Saudi Arabia Strike $15bn Worth of Agreements
Via The Africa Report, an article on news that South Africa and Saudi Arabia have struck $15bn worth of agreements: Saudi Arabia and South Africa have signed deals worth about $15bn during a state [...]
China’s Digital Inroads Into The Middle East
Via East Asia Forum, an article on China’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is driven by the need to maintain access to vital energy supplies. Beijing is also motivated by [...]
Uganda: Most Promising Financial Sector In Eastern Africa
Via Quartz, a look at Uganda’s promising financial sector: Kampala could soon dislodge Nairobi from its status as the financial capital of eastern Africa if Uganda continues with measures that [...]
Algeria Relaxes Rules For Foreign Investors
Via Al Monitor, a report on how – following years of social and political uncertainty triggered by popular uprisings in 2019 – Algeria has updated laws to attract investment: Algeria [...]
Can South America Take Advantage of the Lithium Boom?
Via Foreign Policy, a look at South America’s lithium “triangle”: Commodity prices have gone haywire lately, but lithium is one that shot up and stayed there. The price of lithium [...]
Vietnam: Doi Moi 2.0?
Via East Asia Forum, commentary on Vietnam’s economy: In late August 2022, news broke that Apple was in talks to manufacture its famed Apple Watches and MacBooks in Vietnam for the first [...]

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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.