Using WhatsApp To Buy Red Snapper In Medellín
Via Rest of World, an interesting look at how Colombian entrepreneurs have been using WhatsApp and Instagram to build e-commerce businesses: One morning in May, Sebastián Gil got a call at 8 a.m. [...]
‘The Taliban Have Picked Up the Resource Curse’
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how the Taliban are strip-mining their mineral wealth to fund factional power grabs: For decades, Afghanistan’s people have been told of the vast riches beneath [...]
One of the World’s Most Active Investors Is On The Prowl In Pakistan
Via Rest of World, a look at Tiger Global’s swift and aggressive moves in Pakistan: Despite being the fifth most populous country in the world, Pakistan has long been ignored by international [...]
New Corridor For India-Russia trade Via Iran Is Almost Ready
Via Quartz, a report on a new corridor for India-Russia trade via Iran that is almost ready: India’s trade with Russia is about to get considerably cheaper and quicker, with Iran set to become a [...]
Global Population To Hit 8B This Year
Via CBS News, an article on a new UN report that the global population will hit 8 billion this year, with more than half of the rise forecast in the world’s population in the coming decades [...]
Afghan Coal Sold to Companies Linked to Pakistan Army
Via the Frontier Post, a report that Afghan coal is being sold to companies linked to the Pakistan Army: Owners of coal factories in Afghanistan said the Afghan coal is being sold to three Pakistani [...]

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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.