Ethiopia’s Protracted Civil War Weighs on Growth Prospects
April 20th, 2022 Via FrontierView, commentary on Ethiopia’s prospects: The conflict compounds operating challenges including FOREX shortages and rising inflation Most MNCs operating in Addis Ababa will not be [...]
Timor-Leste Election Opens New Door To China
April 20th, 2022 Via The Asia Times, a report on recent elections in Timor Leste and the potential for it to turn to China for significant investment: Timor-Leste’s relations with China could once again come under [...]
Mobile Operators In Africa Need To Be Digital Platforms Not SIM Card Merchants
April 19th, 2022 Via Rest of World, commentary on the evolving role and business proposition for African mobile operators: What are the most underrated opportunities that remain for mobile operators in African [...]
Inside Pakistan’s Tech Investment Boom
April 19th, 2022 Via Rest of World, an article on Pakistan’s tech investment boom: In 2019, when Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi founded i2i Ventures, a $15 million Pakistan-focused venture capital (VC) fund, [...]
China’s Inadvertent Empire: Sinostan
April 19th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, a look at China’s rise in Central Asia: In “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire,” Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen take readers into the heart of Eurasia for [...]
BRI: A Look Back and Ahead
April 17th, 2022 Via GIS Reports, a look at how China’s Belt and Road Initiative is faring: With its Maritime Silk Road, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has moved far beyond Eurasia and its original aims of [...]

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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.