Cook Islands’ ‘Strategic’ Deal with China Angers New Zealand
Via The Financial Times, an article on China’s recent agreement with the south Pacific archipelago that deepens concerns about Beijing’s influence in region: The Cook Islands will this week [...]
Chinese Cement Firms Challenge Dangote and PPC for Slice of African Market
Via The Africa Report, an article on how Chinese cement firms are challenging Dangote and PPC for slice of the African market: With demand shrinking at home, Chinese cement giants, including West [...]
Costa Rica Leads Latin America’s Green Energy Revolution
Via Tico Times, a look at Costa Rica’s green energy revolution: In a groundbreaking achievement, Costa Rica has cemented its position as Latin America’s renewable energy champion, with an [...]
East Timor Favors Australia Over Chinese Firms On Major Gas Project
Via Reuters, a report on East Timor’s preference to work with Australian vs. Chinese hydrocarbon firms on a major gas project: Stalled Greater Sunrise key for boosting East Timor revenue [...]
DRC-Rwanda: Rubaya Coltan Mine at the Heart of M23 Financing
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how a coltan mine is integral to M23 funding: In April 2024, Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in [...]
Trump, the Panama Canal and the Hong Kong Firm at the Heart of a Showdown
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how the Panama Canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese threat to U.S. [...]

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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.