Saudi Arabia’s Investment in Baluchistan
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Saudi Arabia’s growing interest in investing in Baluchistan, Pakistan’s largest and resource-rich province, marks a significant turning point for the region’s [...]
China And The Chocolate Factory: Investment In Cote d’Ivoire Sweetens China’s Access To Cocoa Market
Via South China Morning Post, a look at China’s impact on the cocoa market: In the heart of West Africa, where the world’s finest cocoa beans are cultivated, Chinese investment has built new [...]
Belarus: A Strategic Point For China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Via Blue Europe, a report on Belarus, a strategic point to China’s BRI: 1. Introduction At the moment, the EU and China are each other’s largest trading partners (Leali, 2020). In particular, [...]
On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how – thousands of miles from home – North Koreans work on Chinese tuna longliners in the Indian Ocean for pay that goes to their leader: They [...]
Chabahar: Where Trump Is Hurting India and Helping China
Via the Asia Times, commentary on how President Trump’s decisions to end a sanctions waiver on the India-invested Iranian port, jeopardizes Quad cohesion and boosts China’s position and [...]
Airtel, Orange, MTN: Who will lead Africa’s mobile internet race?
Via The Africa Report, a look at Africa’s mobile internet market: With a penetration rate of nearly 30%, the continent represents a rapidly growing market where competition is as fierce as the [...]

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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.