Egypt Works To Expand Economic Ties With Iraq
July 4th, 2021 Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt, Iraq and Jordan are working to establish an alliance to boost cooperation in various economic fields: Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan are taking new steps toward [...]
Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia – Achieving Global Connectivity
July 4th, 2021 Via The Belt and Road News, a report on the Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a project aiming towards connectivity through Central, South, and Southeast [...]
Egyptian Start-Ups Are Africa’s New Venture Capital Darlings
July 4th, 2021 Via Quartz, an article on the growing popularity of Egyptian start ups: From e-commerce to edtech and fintech, Egypt’s start-ups are emerging as the preferred destination for global and regional [...]
Saudi Arabia Launches National Transport and Logistics Strategy
July 1st, 2021 Via Arab News, an article on Saudi Arabia newNational Transport and Logistics strategy: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday launched his country’s National Transport and [...]
Somaliland Opens New Berbera Port Terminal
July 1st, 2021 Via African Business, a report on the development of Somalialand’s Berbera port, which reduces landlocked Ethiopia’s reliance on the port of Djibouti for trade, and fuels optimism in the [...]
A Jihadi Gold Rush Is Fueling Violence In Africa’s Sahel
June 28th, 2021 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on instability in the Sahel and how a jihadi gold rush is fueling violence in Africa: On the side of a rural highway leading south from the city of Kaya in [...]

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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.