Gwadar International Airport: A Catalyst for Regional Prosperity and Employment Opportunities
January 20th, 2025 Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the long-anticipated operationalization of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) which marks a transformative chapter in the development of Gwadar and its [...]
Qatar Bets On Affordable Housing in India, Indonesia
January 20th, 2025 Via Semafor, an article on Qatar’s investment interest in affordable housing: Gulf real estate investments usually revolve around prime properties in cosmopolitan cities, but Qatar’s latest [...]
BRICS Adds Nigeria; Expands to 54.6% of World Population
January 19th, 2025 Via Geopolitical Economy, a report on BRICS addition of a new partner in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with no. 6 population on Earth. BRICS+ now has 10 members & 9 partners, [...]
Development Finance in Africa: The New Rerrain for US?China Rivalry
January 19th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, commentary on how – as tensions grow around issues like critical minerals and debt – Chinese discourse about development is increasingly becoming more geopolitical: [...]
Russia Offers Central African Republic Security Guarantee and Broader Economic Partnership
January 19th, 2025 Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the recent visit of a Central African Republic (CAR) delegation, headed by Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to Moscow to discuss the status and development of bilateral [...]
A Long-Term Bullish Look At The Middle East
January 18th, 2025 Via NoahOpinion, bullish commentary on the Middle East: If you looked at Europe in the mid-1600s, you would probably think something along the lines of “Wow, these guys are not going to make it.” [...]

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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.