Colombia: Peace Is Good For Business
December 9th, 2013 Via Ozy, an interesting look at Colombia: Ten years ago, the world had written Colombia off as a tangled wreckage of drug cartels, Marxist guerrillas and paramilitary death squads, where violence was [...]
Iraq
December 8th, 2013 Via Emerging Frontiers, an updated look at Iraq: It might seem surprising that Asia Frontier Capital recently attended an investor conference in Iraq, as news coming out of the country usually [...]
Kenya Launches New Railway To Reach South Sudan And Burundi
November 29th, 2013 Via the BBC, a report on a major infrastructure project that could redefine commerce in East and Central Africa: Kenya has formally launched a new, Chinese-financed railway which should extend across [...]
How China Took Control of Ecuador’s Oil
November 27th, 2013 Via Reuters, an interesting article on China’s control of Ecuador’s oil: China’s aggressive quest for foreign oil has reached a new milestone, according to records reviewed by [...]
What Is Goldman Sachs Doing With Venezuela’s Gold?
November 26th, 2013 Via Bloomberg, an interesting article on a report that that Venezuela’s Central Bank and Goldman Sachs are ready to sign an agreement to swap or exchange international gold reserves with a start [...]
Sudan’s Economic Decay
November 22nd, 2013 Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed analysis of Sudan’s economic woes: Sudanese protesters gather after the government suspended fuel subsidies in September. (STR/AFP/Getty [...]

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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.