Laos: On Track To Graduate From Least Developed Status
Via East Asia Forum, a report on Laos’ continued economic growth: Past policies that have enabled Laos to meet the UN’s least developed country (LDC) graduation thresholds are no longer [...]
Ethiopia: Fastest-Growing Country In The 2010s
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how Ethiopia has seized the crown as fastest-growing country in the 2010s — but is now ripping up its playbook: A country that is in the process of [...]
Is Now The Time To Invest In Kazakhstan?
Via Forbes, a look at Kazakhstan: Global investors tend to group Kazakhstan along with Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), but its market fundamentals are markedly different and [...]
Gabon: Africa’s Next Big Oil Frontier?
Via Oil Price.com, a report on Gabon’s Africa seems to be emerging as the prime drilling spot for the early 2020s – it is still relatively under-evaluated, would be cheaper than any other [...]
Caspian Oil Producers Face Growing Investor Skepticism
Via S&P Global, a look at the Caspian petroleum producing countries: Three decades after gaining independence, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan face a growing struggle convincing investors and markets [...]
China Looks To Central Asia As An Economic Alternative
Via The Diplomat, commentary on China’s active efforts to look for partners to show that the BRI is a truly international project, rather than simply a geopolitical expansion plan: The United [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.