Startups Unleashing Potential of Iran’s Demographic Bonus
Via Techrasa, an interesting look at Iran’s demographic bulge and how it may impact investment opportunities: Since 2006, Iran’s demographic age composition has been marked by a phenomenon [...]
Your Next Big Vacation: Somaliland
Via Ozy, an interesting look at Somaliland: When Jama Muse first heard about the prehistoric cave paintings at Laas Geel some 20 or 30 years ago, he didn’t think anything of it. Old rock art is [...]
Can Uganda Handle New Economic Challenges?
Via EconoMonitor, an article on Uganda’s challenges ahead: Back in the 1970s, Uganda was one of the worst run economies in the world. Uganda suffered through a lost decade when Idi Amin was in [...]
Central Asia’s Silk Road Rivalries
Via International Crisis Group, an interesting report analyzing how the Chinese NSR and the Russian Economic Union are impacting the Central Asian geopolitical and geo-economic landscape not only in [...]
Is It Time To Invest In Iran?
Via Investment Frontier, a look at Iran: Hypothetical situation: You are considering investing in a large country with 80 million people and a relatively prosperous GDP per capita of almost $20,000. [...]
OBOR: Opportunties For Multinational Companies
Via EMIA, an interesting look at the potential challenges facing Multinational companies are looking to make the most out of the OBOR project: One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative, also known as Belt [...]

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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.