New China-Backed ‘Green’ Industrial Zone On Borneo
Via Eurasia Review, an article on a new China-backed ‘green’ industrial zone On Borneo: Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo broke ground Tuesday on a U.S. $132-billion “green” [...]
Belt and Road: How Laos Exemplifies Preconditions for Global Success
Via New Eastern Outlook, a report on Laos’ results from BRI investments: More than eight years ago, in September 2013, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the launch of China’s global [...]
Pakistan’s Gas Pains Threaten Economy
Via The Asia Times, a look at how Pakistan’s gas shortages caused by myopic government policies are shuttering crucial export-geared textile industry and inflating local food prices: Pakistan [...]
China’s Investment Drive and Africa’s Disjointed Infrastructure
Via The Diplomat, an article on some of the disjointed infrastructure projects taken up on the African continent by Chinese firms: At Alagomeji, a suburb in Lagos, there is a towering new building [...]
Bangladesh Going Cashless
Via WhiteBoard, an interesting look at Digital Bangladesh and its effort to make a cashless society: The story of Bangladesh is one of relentless reinvention. Bangladesh’s ambitious digitalisation [...]
UAE: Where ‘Silicon Valley and Wall Street Talk About Emerging Economies’
Via The National, an article on the UAE and its role in connecting companies and investors with emerging economies: “Silicon Valley and Wall Street, talking about emerging economies”. That is how [...]

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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.