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  [...]
Expected Returns in Emerging Markets, 2022-2028
Via The Emerging Markets Investor, a projection of expected returns in emerging markets for 2022-2028: The past decade in emerging markets has been one of slowing GDP growth, low earnings and poor [...]
Venezuela: Decline Of An Oil Giant
Via Oil & Gas Daily, an article on the deterioration of Venezuela’s petroleum sector: Leaks, rusted pipes, pieces of broken equipment scattered about and staircases leading nowhere: Lake [...]

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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.