Middle Corridor: Potential Alternative to Russian Railways?
Via Jamestown Foundation, an article on the Middle Corridor as a potential alternative to Russian transit: The Russo-Ukrainian war has cast doubt on the sustainability of the Chinese Belt and Road [...]
Iraq’s Oil Dysfunction
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on why the world’s sixth-largest oil producer still suffers from fuel shortages and power outages: As Iraq marks 19 years since the U.S.-led invasion and the [...]
Moscow’s Race Against Time To Divert Energy Exports From Europe To Asia
Via BNE Intellinews, a report on  Moscow’s efforts to diver energy exports from Europe to Asia:   Europe’s unprecedented push to sever all energy ties with Russia has left Moscow scrambling [...]
Safaricom, Ethiopian Telcoms Sign Network-Sharing Deal
Via the East African, a report that Safaricom will access the giant network of Ethiopian State monopoly Ethio Telecom allowing the telco to roll out its services across the vast Horn of Africa [...]
Record Investment in Africa Despite Coronavirus Recession
Via African Business, a look at how the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa has prompted firms to plough investment into digital solutions for the financial sector, which represented a monumental 60% of the [...]
Mixed Fortunes for Kazakh Grain?
Via The Diplomat, a report on Kazakhstan’s potential to be an influential player in the global grain economy, if it can first overcome domestic and logistic challenges: The Kazakh government [...]

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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.