Obstacles To Energy Security In Central and South Asia
Via East Africa Forum, an article on obstacles to energy security in Central and South Asia: On 25 January 2022, an unprecedented blackout spread across much of southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and [...]
US Shipyard Buy Sparks Suspicions In Philippines
Via Asia Times, a report on a US equity firm’s $300 million purchase of strategic shipyard could herald a restored US naval presence in its ex-colony: In a significant strategic purchase, US [...]
MENAP Digital Economy Could Hit $700B by 2030
Via The National, a report that the digital economy of the MENA region and Pakistan could hit $700bn by 2030: The digital economy of the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (Menap) is set to [...]
Namibia Eyes Green Hydrogen Future
Via African Business, a report on Namibia’s green hydrogen ambitions: The Namibian government has announced that it will choose the German consortium Hyphen Hydrogen Energy as the preferred [...]
Airlift: Pakistan’s Buzziest Start Up
Via Rest of World, a look at one of Pakistan’s “buzziest” start ups: After graduating from college in 2016, Yahya Humayun jumped headfirst into management consulting. He joined [...]
Forget BRICS. Welcome TICKS or MIST?
Via CNN, a look at some of the emerging markets growing in popularity as Russia is removed from many such indices: For many years, the world’s most popular emerging markets have been the [...]

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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.