Africa’s EV Revolution Will Roll In On Two Wheels, Not Four
January 24th, 2022 Via Quartz Africa, an article on EVs in Africa: Adetayo Bamiduro didn’t set out to fight climate change in Africa’s mobility sector. His goal was to help professional drivers access and earn more [...]
Ethiopian Ramps up Cargo Investment for African E-commerce Hub
January 24th, 2022 Via Bloomberg, a report on Ethiopian Airlines investment into a cargo hub in anticipation of the country becoming an African e-commerce hub: Ethiopian Airlines Group will ramp up investment in [...]
More Than A Game: How North Korea Might Exploit New Video Games for Crypto
January 21st, 2022 Via The Diplomat, a report on how North Korean hackers are likely to include new play-to-earn (P2E) crypto games within their illicit cyber-enabled financial schemes: Pyongyang has demonstrated [...]
Andreessen Horowitz’s First African Startup Bet: A Mobile Games Company
January 21st, 2022 Via Quartz, a report on how a platform of choice for game studios seeking users and monetization in Africa has received the backing of popular Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz [...]
Transforming Zambia Into Africa’s Low-Tax Start Up Hub
January 19th, 2022 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
January 17th, 2022 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 [...]

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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.