Digital Silk Road: China’s Dream of Conquering Asia
June 26th, 2019 Via The Asia Times, an article on China’s efforts to build a China-centered transnational network infrastructure to reboot globalization Geopolitics is all about leverage and geo-economics is [...]
Afghan-Uzbek Trade
June 25th, 2019 Via The Diplomat, a report on how – with new initiatives and new infrastructure – trade can plays a dominant role in bilateral relations between Tashkent and Kabul: In May 2019, [...]
Coca-Cola To Invest US300M In Ethiopia
June 22nd, 2019 Via The Reporter, an article on Coca Cola’s plans to invest in Ethiopia: Stretching on 14.3 hectares of land, a new Coca-Cola Factory that requires an investment outlay of two billion birr or [...]
European Football Clubs Invest In Emerging Markets
June 22nd, 2019 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting look at how Europe’s professional sports clubs are becoming top players in outward direct investment: Europe’s increasingly foreign-owned [...]
Regional Rivalries Over Sri Lanka’s Ports
June 19th, 2019 Via East Asia Forum, a look at how foreign investments in Sri Lanka are made within the tapestry of regional and global power rivalries: When it comes to Sri Lanka’s national security and [...]
Ethiopia Plans To Issue Telco Licenses By Year-End
June 17th, 2019 Via Reuters, a report on Ethiopia’s plan to open up its telecom sector: Ethiopia is aiming to award telco licenses to multinational mobile companies by the end of the year, ending a state [...]

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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.