Mapping China’s Digital Silk Road
Via Reconnecting Asia, an article on China’s digital Silk Road (maps in original article): The Digital Silk Road is the technology dimension of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Xi’s [...]
China Fast-Tracks Access To Rebellious Xinjiang
Via The Asia Times, a report on the newly finished Hotan-Ruoqiang rail line completes the circle around the huge Taklamakan Desert on the old Silk Road: Ancient Silk Road travelers cursed China’s [...]
Sudan’s First Foreign Venture Capital Investment In 30 Years
Via Impact Alpha, an article on Sudan’s first foreign venture capital investment in 30 years – $5 million for Alsoug.com: Macroeconomic, political and currency risks can make investors wary [...]
Something Strange Is Happening With North Korea’s Currency
Via Bloomberg, a report on Kim’s strange currency surge: In normal economies, currencies weaken in times of difficulty, but something counter-intuitive is happening in North Korea: the won is [...]
How Latin America Became Tech’s Next Big Frontier
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how Latin America became tech’s next big frontier: Buying a used car, renting an apartment or opening a bank account: all recurring nightmares in [...]
Tech Majors Scramble for Africa’s Internet Market
Via The East African, a report on tech majors’ scramble for Africa’s internet market: Africa’s internet market is up for a major scramble as global tech corporations rush to invest [...]

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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.