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 [...]
First U.S. Ambassador To Sudan In 26 years
Via Sudan Tribune, a report on the first U.S. ambassador to Sudan in 26 years: John Godfrey, the first U.S. Ambassador to Sudan for 26 years, presented his credentials to the head of the [...]
New Boost for Arab-Africa Trade?
Via African Business, an article on how – despite centuries of exchanges, Arab-Africa trade currently stands at only 17% of the continental total – but signs are pointing to positive [...]
Venezuela’s Gamers: eSports A Way To Escape Country’s Crisis
Via Rest of World, an article on how some of Venezuela’s gamers see esports as a way to escape the country’s crisis and investors are recruiting new gamers from some of the poorer parts of the [...]

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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.