Transforming Zambia Into Africa’s Low-Tax Start Up Hub
Via Rest of World, a report on efforts to transform Zambia into Africa’s low-tax startup hub: Flutterwave and Chipper Cash, two of Africa’s most valuable tech companies, are part of a new group [...]
The New Iraq, Signs Of Hope Amid The Rubble And Reconstruction
Via WorldCrunch, an article on some glimmers of hope for Iraq as the country tries to rebuild following four decades of war and embargoes: With a vast office located at the top of a tower fiercely [...]
Telenor Dumps Myanmar Fintech Leader Wave Money
Via the Asia Times, an article on Telenor’s agreement to sell leading digital pay platform to local-led consortium as foreign investors stampede for the exits: The Telenor Group has agreed to [...]
India, Vietnam, and Philippines to Drive Emerging Asia Growth in 2022
Via Emerging World, a look at Fitch’s 2022 Asia Pacific forecasts: We recently viewed the latest Asia Pacific forecast put out by Fitch. On a broad level, they see regional growth to slow, [...]
How Venezuela Became One Big Casino
Via The Atlantic, a report on how – in the midst of the country’s economic collapse – casinos, and the dollar, are king again: The monkey entered the casino after midnight. It clung to [...]
Lions On The Move: Progress and Potential of African Economies
Via McKinsey, a link to a detailed report on how Africa’s economic growth is creating substantial new business opportunities that are often overlooked by global companies, where  [...]

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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.