Foreign Investors Return To Egypt After Years Of Turmoil
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on Egypt: Shoppers in central Cairo–Egypt’s 90m consumers could be a big draw for foreign investors Two heated battles between foreign investors [...]
Whopper Meals For Zambia
Via Bloomberg, an interesting report on Burger King’s expansion in Africa: Burger King Worldwide Inc. plans to enter new African countries before the end of the year as it follows Yum! Brands [...]
Kim Jong Deng: Why North Korea Is Choosing Market Reforms
Via Carnegie’s Moscow Center, a report on North Korea’s market reforms: When we talk about North Korea, a number of clichés invariably pop into our heads: of course, North Korea is a [...]
Zimbabwe: Africa’s Best-Kept Secret?
Via How We Made It In Africa, an interesting look at Zimbabwe: I don’t know what I was expecting when I arrived in Zimbabwe. It certainly wasn’t to land in the most developed country I had ever [...]
How Azerbaijan Is Coping With Crisis
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Azerbaijan’s current situation: A view of oil derricks on the shore of the Caspian Sea just outside Baku. Summary [...]
The Next Best Frontier Market? Is Mongolia The New Investor Hunting Ground?
Via FTSE, some commentary on Mongolia: Their economies are slumping, nonetheless according to a new report by Commerzbank, Central Asia and Mongolia are becoming increasingly important, not only as a [...]

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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.