Eight Reasons Why Africa Is Primed for Impact Investing
Via CFA Institute, a look at several reasons why Investors looking to make a difference and make a profit should consider the fastest-growing continent for technology adoption, natural resource [...]
Senegal: Not Giving Up On Oil and Gas
Via Oil & Gas Daily, a report on Senegal’s petroleum ambitions: The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis, where Senegal [...]
‘Black Gold’ For Guyana And Suriname: Blessing Or Curse?
Via Oil & Gas Daily, an article on Guyana and Suriname resource potential: Emerging as potential oil powers while the world seeks to wean itself off planet-warming fossil fuels, poverty-stricken [...]
The Technopolar Moment
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, an interesting commentary on the growing influence of non state actors in the world today, particularly technology companies, as the politics of digital space and [...]
China’s Interests in Afghanistan One Year After the U.S. Withdrawal
Via The Jamestown Foundation, a look at China’s interests in Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal: In late June, a severe earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan. In the immediate [...]
Gulf States Go Digital With China
Via East Asia Forum, an article on the Digital Silk Road’s reach into the Middle East: The US–China strategic rivalry extends to the struggle for control over the digital economy — [...]

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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.