The Aga Khan’s African Investment Legacy
Via The Africa Report, an article on what investments Prince Rahim Al?Hussaini will inherit: From energy to manufacturing, and media to agriculture, the Aga Khan’s investments in Africa extend well [...]
Syria Just Hosted Its First International Tech Conference In 50 Years
Via Rest of World, a report on hopes of Syrian-American entrepreneurs and investors hope to facilitate 25,000 new tech jobs in the country by 2030: While much of the world was focused on a radical [...]
Can Kazakhstan Succeed in Its Transition Toward Clean Energy?
Via The Diplomat, a look at how – faced with climate disasters at home – Kazakhstan is accepting clean energy as a necessity, not just an ambition: The development of clean energy has [...]
China: Can Fill West’s Role In Africa In Three Ways
Via The Asia Times, a look at how Chinese investment in critical minerals, arms sales and influence building through regional mediation are all wide open as the West exits Africa: With France fast [...]
China and Mongolia To Restart Rail Project Stalled for 16 Years
Via The Diplomat, a report on Mongolia’s Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene upcoming discussions with Chinese leaders which will focus on issues such as a long-desired cross-border railway and the coal [...]
Can Critical Minerals Redefine Pakistan-US Relations?
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Islamabad’s bet on critical minerals could work, but only if it navigates the complex web of geopolitical and domestic obstacles with resolve: Pakistan and 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.