Private Equity Looks To East Africa For Investment Opportunities
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how – with Nigeria in economic recession – global buyout groups are searching for deals in Kenya: Buyout groups investing in Africa are turning [...]
In Central Asia, China Finds a Crowded Playing Field
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at how China has found a crowded playing field in Central Asia: The expansion of the Central Asia-China pipeline will eventually enable [...]
The ‘23 Fund’: A New Model For Growth Capital In World’s Poorest Countries
Via ImpactAlpha, an interesting look at how impact-driven growth capital can be aggregated and invested in frontier markets: One of the biggest current challenges for the impact investing community [...]
Investors Hunt For Hidden Frontier Market Gems
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how frontier market risk is improving as financial infrastructure matures and a middle class emerges: As the world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock [...]
Uzbekistan And China Start Gas Production In Bukhara Region
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on joint Chinese-Uzbek gas production in Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have [...]
India And Afghanistan Attempt To Bypass Their Obstructive Neighbour
Via Frontera News, a look at India and Afghanistan’s efforts to bypass Pakistan: Regional allies India and Afghanistan are stepping up their efforts to strengthen commercial ties with the [...]

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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.