A Fiber-Optic Silk Road
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at the cyberspace implications of China’s Silk Road initiative: Not even two years into what will be a ten-year tenure at China’s helm, Xi Jinping has [...]
Three Reasons It’s Time For Angel Investors To Go Global
Via RENEW Strategies, a quick commentary on the promise of frontier markets: Times are changing – Markets around the world are opening up, technology is shrinking 3,000 miles to 30 miles, and [...]
Guyana
Via World Folio, an interesting look at Guyana: The ideal base to do business in South America and the Caribbean, the only English-speaking country on the continent has also emerged as a pioneer in [...]
Lagos To Prosper?
Via Granta, an interesting take on Lagos: The city of Lagos takes the form of an awkwardly shaped octopus, with tentacles reaching east and west, plucking up land that was once outside of its edges [...]
Is Cuba Ready For The Business Boom?
Via The Telegraph, a look at Cuba’s business potential: Nico has a problem. The small, turquoise bungalow he runs as a B&B in the far east of Cuba is not getting noticed. Bought last year [...]
The $50 Device That Symbolizes A Shift In North Korea
Via Reuters, an interesting article on North Korea: A $50 portable media player is providing many North Koreans a window to the outside world despite the government’s efforts to keep its people [...]

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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.