China, America, and the Great Railway Race in Africa 
March 7th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a look at how China and the United States are engaged in a battle for access, resources, and influence along railways in Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the DRC, echoing trends from [...]
Will Lithium Be Mali’s New Goose That Lays The Golden Egg?
March 6th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at Mali’s lithium sector: Mali has just launched West Africa’s first two lithium mines, a sector the government is betting on despite falling prices. On 15 [...]
The Age of Metals Diplomacy: Critical Minerals Take Center Stage In Global Politics
March 5th, 2025 Via Reuters, commentary on how critical minerals are taking centre stage in world politics: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump today to sign a [...]
Congo Courts Trump for Strategic Minerals Tie-Up as War Looms
March 5th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a report that The Democratic Republic of Congo has offered the US exclusive access to critical minerals and infrastructure projects in exchange for security assistance as it battles a [...]
After Trump Applies Pressure, Wall Street Giant Moves Into Panama
March 4th, 2025 Courtesy of the New York Times, a report that an investor group led by BlackRock will acquire two ports near the Panama Canal that are owned by CK Hutchison and have been the subject of a dispute [...]
The First Test for Syria’s Transition Will Be the Economy
March 4th, 2025 Via World Politics Review, a report on Syria’s economic challenges ahead: Shoppers have long been coming to the Al-Hamidiyah market in central Damascus to purchase everything from clothes and [...]

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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.