An Afghanistan At Peace Could Connect South and Central Asia
May 24th, 2021 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
May 24th, 2021 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
May 24th, 2021 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
May 24th, 2021 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 [...]
Pakistan Looking For Huge Increases In Central Asian Trade
May 24th, 2021 Via Silk Road Briefing, a report on Pakistan’s ambition of significant increases in Central Asian trade: Pakistan is looking to increase trade with neighboring Afghanistan and other countries [...]
Boten: The Renaissance of Laos’s Golden City
May 19th, 2021 Via The Diplomat, an article on the one-time casino boom town on the Laos-China border is on the rise again, powered by billions in Chinese investment: A thick morning mist covers the empty buildings [...]

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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.