China’s Gas Shortage Boosts Central Asia’s Role
Via Eurasia Review, an article on how Central Asia producers may help solve China’s gas shortage: China’s growing demand for natural gas has been driving closer engagement with Turkmenistan, [...]
Business as Usual: Chinese Investments After the Myanmar Coup
Via The Diplomat, an article on Chinese investments in Myanmar which – paradoxically – involves collaboration with the Myanmar military which could mean more instability in the long run: [...]
Inside Sberbank’s push to become Russia’s Amazon
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Sberbank’s desire to become Russia’s Amazon: For years, Sberbank thought its thousands of green-liveried branches across Russia were holding [...]
The Afghan Commodities That China, India And Russia May Develop
Via Silk Road Briefing, commentary on potential access to Afghanistan’s mineral resources in light of the Taliban’s victory: Afghanistan’s huge mineral wealth and development [...]
Short on Money, The Taliban Face a Crisis
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Afghanistan’s cash crunch: As Afghans pay surging prices for eggs and flour and stand in long lines at the bank, money changers like Enayatullah [...]
Mikati’s M1 to Invest $330 Million After Buying Telenor Myanmar
Via Bloomberg, an article on M1 Group’s commitment to invest in Myanmar’s telecom sector: Lebanese investment firm M1 Group pledged to spend $330 million over the next three years to [...]

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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.