The 7 Fastest Growing Economies In Africa
Via Ventures Africa, a look at the quickest growing African economies: Only whisper it, but economic boom is coming to Africa. Yet this boom is not just coming from the continent’s natural [...]
Peru’s Economy: A Rocky Road To Recovery?
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on Peru’s economy: In less than 24 hours Peru’s economy – once feted as Latin America’s star and now struggling with a slowdown – suffered two [...]
Iran Shares Cast A Spell
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the Tehran Stock Exchange: The best performing stock market in the world in 2013 was up 130 per cent last year*. The country it serves has a population of [...]
Global Megacities
Via Bloomberg, an interesting look at how, by 2030, 12 more urban areas with at least 10 million people are expected to enter the ranks of the planet’s [...]
Mozambique’s Gas: An Italian, American, And Asian Love Triangle
Via Eurasia Review, a look at Mozambique’s gas sector: After years of investments and active economic presence in Africa, ENI s.p.a., the leading Italian oil company, might have achieved the [...]
Sonangol: National Oil Company And Government Backbone
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at Sonangol, Angola’s national oil company: Summary Before Angola’s independence in 1975, Portugal imposed a contentious [...]

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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.