China’s BRI Staggers and Stalls in Indonesia
Via the Asia Times, an article on how the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail was supposed to be China’s signature BRI project in Indonesia but it isn’t working out that way: For the frustrated [...]
Russia: Using Sudan’s Gold To Fund Ukraine War Effort
Via CNN, a report on Russia’s alleged plundering of gold in Sudan to boost Putin’s war effort in Ukraine: Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane [...]
Sri Lanka’s State-Owned Enterprises: A Big Part of Its Economic Problems
Via The Diplomat, a look at Sri Lanka’s state-owned enterprises whose loss-making operations are a huge drain on government coffers: Sri Lanka is in an unenviable position, and its policy makers [...]
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 [...]

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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.