Indonesia’s Digital Market Could Grow to $300B In Next 3 Years
Via CNBC, an article on Indonesia’s technology market which could grow to between $200 billion and $300 billion in size the coming years: Indonesia’s technology market is at an inflection point [...]
‘Deal Of The Century’ Falls Flat As Telecoms Bidders Shun Ethiopia
Via African Business, an article on Ethiopia’s telecoms licence sale which was expected to garner wide interest, but only two consortia placed bids: Ethiopia’s telecoms industry, the largest [...]
An Afghanistan At Peace Could Connect South and Central Asia
Via The Atlantic Council, a look at Afghanistan’s potential as the “hub” of South and Central Asia: Over the past forty years of conflicts, Afghanistan’s potential as a [...]
At Kyrgyzstan’s Kumtor Mine, Not All That Glitters Is Gold
Via Radio Free Europe, commentary on the Kyrgyzstan’s Kumtor Mine scandal: Mining the Kumtor gold deposits in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan was supposed to bring economic salvation to the former [...]
Ethiopia Raises $850m From Historic Telecoms Auction
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on UK’s Vodafone and Kenya’s Safaricom’s winning consortium for African country’s first licence sale: Ethiopia has awarded its first telecoms [...]
Yunnan: The Powerhouse of China’s Opening-up to South & Southeast Asia
Via Belt and Road News, an article on China’s Yunnan Province: Yunnan is located at one of the seven geographical zones of China, Southwest China, covering mainly mountains and plateaus with a [...]

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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.