The Scramble for Africa’s Data Is Taking Place On The Cloud
September 1st, 2022 Via Quartz, a look at cloud based services in Africa: The demand for cloud-based services in Africa is rising, but the continental tech ecosystem is largely underepresented in the provision of these [...]
China Slowly Undercutting US influence in Latin America With 5 ‘New Factor’ Trade Deals
September 1st, 2022 Via South China Morning Post, an article on China’s efforts to slowly undercut US influence in Latin America with 5 ‘new factor’ trade deals with Ecuador, Uruguay, Panama, Colombia and [...]
Vietnam: The World’s New Factory Is Emerging
September 1st, 2022 Via the Sunday Times,  a report on Vietnam’s manufacturing surge: On any given work day, Nguyen* wakes early in his cramped rental room in a boarding house in Binh Duong, the heavily [...]
Guatemala: Fintech Capital of Hispanic America?
September 1st, 2022 Via Rest of World, a report on Guatemala’s adoption of fintech: After a little while in Guatemala City, one particular thing struck me. Every venue that allowed me to pay by card also greeted [...]
Indonesia’s Maritime Ambitions
August 26th, 2022 Via Frontier Post, a commentary on Indonesia’s maritime ambitions: On 26 July 2022, Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China. The meeting [...]
DR Congo Seeks To ‘Reclaim History’ With Economic Reforms
August 26th, 2022 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Democratic Republic of Congo’s ‘big, ambitious economic agenda’ backed by international lenders: The finance minister of the Democratic [...]

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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.