The Next Startup Investment Hotspots In West Africa
Via Quartz Africa, a look at the next startup investment hotspots in west Africa: Startup tracker, Africa: The Big Deal’s figures show that since 2019, west African startups have hauled in $4.2 [...]
BRI Powers Mali
Via Clingendael – the Netherlands Institute of International Relations – a report on a recently completed BRI project in Africa: The Gouina Hydroelectric Plant in Mali has begun [...]
G-7 Rolls Out Global Infrastructure Plan
Via ABC News, a report on the G-7’s new global infrastructure plan: The Group of Seven nations on Sunday began rolling out a global infrastructure initiative in a bid, as they described it, to [...]
Indonesia: The Most Amazing Development Story On Earth?
Via Noah Pinion, an article on Indonesia: I’ve been writing a series of posts about economic development. The last 20 years have seen a marked acceleration in the rate at which poorer countries — [...]
Protests Place Ecuador’s Oil Production in Peril
Via STRATFOR, a report on Ecuador’s oil production: In Ecuador, nationwide protests risk disrupting oil production, potentially impeding the country’s economic growth and ability to mitigate [...]
After The War Ends, Can Ethiopia’s Economic ‘Miracle’ Get Back On Track?
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Ethiopia’s economy: Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed said this month that his government would negotiate with fighters in the northern [...]

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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.