Map Shows Massive Gas Pipeline That Russia and China Are Building
Via CNBC, a report on the massive gas pipeline that Russia and China are building: China and Russia are in the final stages of building the first pipeline that can send gas from Siberia to Shanghai. [...]
Somalia Banking: Turkish and Egyptian Banks Issued First Post-War Licenses
Via the North Africa Post, an article on the first foreign banking licenses issued by Somalia in decades: Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) has recently granted its first two foreign banking licenses — [...]
Saudi Arabia: LIV Tour
Courtesy of The Athletic, a detailed report on the strategic and investment goals of Saudi Arabia’s new professional golf tour: Golf’s roots in Saudi Arabia grew from mixing sand and oil. It [...]
Caribbean Nations: Trapped Between Global Financial System and Looming Climate Disaster
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Barbados’ tightrope walk between the global financial system and a looming climate disaster: Late on May 31, 2018, five days after she was sworn [...]
The Trans-Afghan Railway Line: Back on Track?
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the Trans-Afghan railway project which is gathering momentum once again as Uzbekistan seeks access to Pakistan’s ports, but must still overcome significant [...]
Africa’s Sleeping Giant: Central Africa
Via Africa: The Big Deal, a look at how Central Africa has claimed less than 1% of all the funding raised by start-ups on the continent since 2019: After [...]

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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.