Energy, Mining, Telecoms: Gulf Nations Pour Billions Into Africa
Via The Africa Report, a look at the Gulf’s continued strong investment interest in Africa: Gulf countries invested over $100bn in Africa between 2012 and 2022, leveraging the continent’s [...]
Angola Plans to Sell Stakes in Biggest Telecom Company, Banks This Year
Via Bloomberg, an article on Angola’s plans to sell stakes in several large companies in 2025: Minister Massano says sales are part of privatization program Some asset sales will be carried out [...]
Why China’s Port Play Has Trump So Up In Arms
Via Asia Times, a look at how China has invested billions in 129 ports worldwide, raising concerns the Belt and Road Initiative is quietly being weaponized: On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de [...]
Bayaba: Gambia’s New Agricultural Hub
Via The Standard, a look at Bayaba – Gambia’s new agricultural hub: The Jah Agric Farm in Bayaba is poised to significantly reduce Gambia’s reliance on rice, potato, and onion imports. The [...]
Will the Trump Administration Grant the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project a Sanctions Waiver?
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – if Pakistan does not keep its part of the pipeline agreement with Iran – it will have to shell out a potential $18 billion to Tehran: Pakistan’s [...]
Namibia’s Oil Dreams In Danger, or Just Delayed?
Via The Africa Report, a look at whether – with Shell writing down a $400m investment, and Chevron backing out – questions should arise about Namibia’s hopes to become a frontier oil [...]

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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.