North Korea: Opening For Business?
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the potential for North Korea to open its economy:  North Korea is one of the world’s most isolated countries. It is ruled by an unpredictable dictator [...]
Tajikistan: All That Glitters Is Not Gold…
Via OCCRP, a detailed look at an opaque gold deal in Tajikistan: Sitting in rows upon rows of plastic blue chairs, hundreds of men and women in colorful traditional dress listened attentively to [...]
Investors: Putting Somaliland On The Map
Via Ozy, an interesting look at investing in Somaliland: Hong Kong–based American business developer Robby Zirkelbach has set up small firms in South Sudan, Iran and North Korea. But Somalia was [...]
Turkmenistan’s Natural Gas Dilemma
Via Oil Daily, an article on Turkmenistan’s hydrocarbon future: Amid much (obligatory) fanfare, Turkmenistan has intensified its spin campaign on TAPI, the long-delayed pipe dream of President [...]
Turkmenistan Seeking Investment For Galkynysh Field To Support TAPI Ambitions
Via AzerNews, a report on Turkmenistan and TAPI: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ordered to attract foreign investments for the Galkynysh gas field in order to implement the [...]
The Belt and Road’s Impact On Small, High-Risk Markets
Via Reconnecting Asia, an interesting look at BRI’s impact on frontier markets: China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will have its biggest impact on small, high-risk, frontier markets in [...]

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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.