Impact Of Venezuela’s Faltering Oil Sector On Central America & The Caribbean
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of the impact that a declining Venezuelan oil industry could have wider effects in Central America and the Caribbean: The [...]
How Morocco Could Take Over Western Africa
Via Ozy, an interesting look at how Morocco, already an important economic hub on the African continent, is now preparing to go global:   The word “Casablanca” evokes ancient souks and [...]
Mozambique: Natural Resources to Provide Catalyst for Further Development
Courtesy of Future Directions International, a detailed look at Mozambique, where large reserves of natural resources in Mozambique are attracting foreign investment, which is expected to boost the [...]
ISIS: The World’s Most Frightening Start Up
Via Fortune, an interesting look at the business dealings of the Islamist extremist group ISIS: Every startup needs financing and a market to succeed. So, too, for the Islamist extremist group [...]
Majority Of Fastest Growing Economies Will Be Frontier Markets Through 2015
Via FMG Funds, an interesting look at a forecast projecting that, through 2015, 39 of the 45 fastest growing economies will be frontier markets: Today’s young people will be tomorrow’s consumers [...]
MTN: Syria Calling
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on MTN’s plans to acquire a mobile phone license in Syria: Syria’s capital Damascus MTN is pressing ahead with plans to acquire a 20-year mobile [...]

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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.