Foreign Casinos Have Been a Disaster for Cambodia
Via The Diplomat, an article on the impact that foreign casinos have had upon Cambodia: On June 27, hundreds of Cambodian security personnel violently dispersed a group of striking NagaWorld casino [...]
Iraq’s Economic Activity Constrained
Via Frontier View, a look at Iraq’s current economic status: Oil production is growing, increasing to 4.58 million barrels per day this month Both businesses and consumers are suffering from [...]
Taliban Wage War Over Coal in Northern Afghanistan
Via Foreign Policy, an article on how a battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals: Fighting has been ongoing in the remote Balkhab district of Afghanistan’s northern [...]
First CPEC Hydropower Project Starts Operations
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, an article on how – on June 29 – the Karot hydropower project (HPP) was put into full commercial operation, a major milestone in the progress of the [...]
Second Coming Of The BRICS?
Via East Asia Forum, a look at the BRICs, 13 years after their first meeting in 2009: When the inaugural BRIC summit took place in 2009, it was a moment of relative triumph for its members. While the [...]
The Era of WhatsApp Banking Is With Us
Via Quartz Africa, commentary on how banking via WhatsApp is spreading from east Africa to far beyond: How about forgetting all the ATM cards and banking apps you have and instead transacting through [...]

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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.