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 [...]
Guayana: World’s Fastest-Growing Economy Seeks to Diversify Away From Oil
Via Bloomberg, an article on Guyana’s efforts to diversity it economy: Guyana, the world’s fastest-growing economy, plans to use its newfound oil and gas wealth to fund investments in other [...]
New Namibian Oil Discoveries
Via News24, an article on two new oil discoveries in Namibia: Two oil discoveries offshore of Namibia are likely to bring in an equivalent R53 billion in revenues for the state, a prominent global [...]
Morocco Plans To Set Up EV Battery Gigafactory
Via Asharq Al-Awsat, a report on Morocco’s plans to establish an EV battery gigafactory: Morocco is negotiating with electric vehicle battery manufacturers to set up a plant in the country to [...]

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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.