On the Banks of the Furious Congo River, a 5-Star Emporium of Ambition
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting article on how – as the clean energy revolution upends the centuries-long lock of fossil fuels on the global economy – dealmakers and [...]
Ethiopia’s Innovators: Trying To Find Purpose In A Time of War
Via Quartz, an article on Ethiopia’s innovators are trying to find purpose in a time of war: Early 2020 was a hopeful time for Ethiopia’s startups. Venture capitalists were increasingly eyeing [...]
North Korea Plans to Dig Deep Into Renewable Energy Alternatives
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on North Korea’s plans to expand its use of renewable energy: Pyongyang has signaled an increased interest in using renewable energy to address [...]
ExxonMobil Stares Down China for Vietnam Gas
Via Asia Times, a report on ExxonMobil’s recommitment to it $20 billion ‘Blue Whale’ gas project despite tacit threats from Beijing: Vietnam’s long-delayed Blue Whale offshore gas [...]
How China Wrested Control of the DRC’s Critical Minerals
Via the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a report on how China wrested control of the Congo’s critical minerals: China’s system of bankrolling its state companies may be entrenching great [...]
Startup Fever Is Gripping the World’s Last Big Untapped Nation: Pakistan
Via Bloomberg, a look at how global investors are pouring money into Pakistan’s budding tech sector: The startup scene in the world’s fifth-largest nation is having a breakout year.  More money [...]

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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.