Afghanistan’s Fate Will Be Shaped by Geoeconomics
September 21st, 2021 Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on the impact of geoeconomics on Afghanistan’s future: Geoeconomics was originally defined by the strategic thinker Edward Luttwak as the logic of conflict [...]
Ethiopia Invites Bids For 40% Stake In Ethio Telecom
September 17th, 2021 Via The East African, news of the Ethiopian Government’s plan to invite bids for a 40% stake in Ethio Telecom, one of the most profitable companies in the country, with some 45 million [...]
New China-Myanmar Corridor Creating Economic Opportunities
September 16th, 2021 Via China.org, a report on the new China-Myanmar corridor: At the end of August, the first batch of cargo arrived in China’s Sichuan province via the new China-Myanmar corridor. The goods [...]
Kyrgyzstan & China Increasing their Economic Integration as Part of Belt & Road
September 16th, 2021 Via Belt and Road News, an article on the growing economic partnership between China and Kyrgyzstan: Long isolated culturally and linguistically from each other, Kyrgyzstan and China are now [...]
China sees Opportunity as Venezuela’s Oil Industry hits Rock Bottom
September 12th, 2021 Via Belt and Road News, a look at Chinese interest in Venezuela’s petroleum industry: Venezuela’s near-collapse and strict U.S. sanctions are creating an opportunity for Russia, Iran and [...]
Zambia’s New President Woos Investors Despite Painful Economic Reforms Ahead
September 12th, 2021 Via FrontierView, commentary on Zambia’s efforts to attract new investors:  • New President Hakainde Hichilema was inaugurated on August 24, 2021, after a landslide win over incumbent Edgar [...]

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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.