A Western Brewer’s Return To Myanmar
Courtesy of the Financial Times, an interesting look at Heineken’s return to Myanmar: Sobir Djaffar looks happy as he surveys the racks of locally produced bottles of Heineken on [...]
Fallujah’s Highway 11: Retaking This Crucial Highway Link Could Keep Jordan From Economic Collapse
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at Jordan’s economic interrelationship with Iraq: When the Iraqi army pushed the Islamic State out of the isolated desert town of Rutba last month, the [...]
Egypt: A Key Plank In China’s One Belt – One Road Strategy
Via Frontera News, a look at the role of Egypt in China’s Silk Road strategy: Egypt’s transfer of two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi sovereignty sparked street protests and a social [...]
Want to Invest in Iran? Here’s What You Need to Know Before You Go
Courtesy of Frontera News, a look at the hidden hazards in Iran’s evolving market: Entering Iran’s holy Shah Cheragh shrine dazzles the senses.  Mirror mosaics intensify the brightness, and [...]
Doors Open to Foreign Banks in Somalia After Half-Century Absence
Via Bloomberg, a report on growing investor interest in Somalia: Kenyan banks are competing against lenders from Gulf nations seeking licenses to operate in Somalia as the strife-torn country opens [...]
India and Iran: Changing The Great Game
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at how the Chabahar port in Iran has the potential to alter the dynamics of “The Great Game” for good: The historic pact between India and Iran recently [...]

ABOUT
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.