Zambia’s Secret To Controlling Inflation and Strengthening Its Currency
Via Quartz Africa, an article on Zambia’s efforts to control inflation and strengthen its currency When he first came into office, almost a year ago, Zambia’s new president was ridiculed by [...]
Oman Offer To Build Gwadar Railway Conjures Pakistan Port’s Past
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on an Omani offer to build Gwadar’s railway which conjures up memories of Pakistan port’s past: A company from Oman is looking to invest in a train line [...]
United States’ New Africa Policy
Via the Foreign Policy Research Institute, commentary on the Biden Administration’s new Africa policy: Imagine you’ve just been confirmed to be the US ambassador to a small country in Africa. [...]
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Polar Silk Road
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the sizeable gap between China’s ambitions for the PSR and its actual capabilities and accomplishments in the Arctic – and the gap has widened since [...]
Ride-Hailing Apps Arrive In Senegal
Via Quartz Africa, a report on the arrival of ride-hailing apps in Senegal: The old yellow cabs that whizz around Senegal’s capital city of Dakar are hard to miss. Beckoning at oncoming traffic, [...]
The China-Vietnam-U.S. “Triangle”: A Model For Globalization’s Future?
Via WorldCrunch, commentary on how – following the escalation of the Chinese-U.S. trade war in 2018 – the “Made in China” label is not as ubiquitous as it once was and, while [...]

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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.