Extension Of CPEC To Afghanistan Could Link Infrastructure Across Continent
Via The Third Pole, a report on the likelihood that road and rail projects will be extended to Afghanistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Once the highway becomes a motorway, trucking [...]
Ooredoo Telecom To Exit Myanmar, Following Norway’s Telenor
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Ooredoo’s decision to exit Myanmar, following Norway’s Telenor: Qatari telecommunications group Ooredoo has agreed to sell its Myanmar business [...]
Nigeria Loses Africa’s Top Oil Producer Spot to Angola
Via VOA, an article on African oil production: Nigeria has lost its position as Africa’s top oil producer to Angola, industry insiders say, and could soon become third after Libya. Oil analysts [...]
Colombia and Venezuela Reopen Shared Border To Some Transport
Via Al Jazeera, a report that Colombia and Venezuela are easing restrictions on their shared border for cargo transport and commercial flights: The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela have [...]
Afghanistan’s Banking Crisis – Analysis
Via Eurasia Review, an analysis of Afghanistan’s banking crisis: This August, the Interim Taliban Administration (ITA) completed a year in Afghanistan after taking over last year. The [...]
Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar Deepen Russia Ties To Blunt Economic Woes
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at Thailand’s, Vietnam’s, and Myanmar’s efforts to deepen their ties to Russia to combat their economic woes: From wooing more Russian tourists to boosting [...]

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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.