The Amazing, Surprising, Africa-Driven Demographic Future Of The Earth
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a fascinating series of graphics detailing the demographic future of Earth.  I cannot copy the interactive charts here but I strongly encourage you to visit the full [...]
Tomorrow’s Latin America Won’t be Won With Yesterday’s Playbook
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, some commentary on South America: Frontier Strategy Group is witnessing a dizzying array of changes to the business landscape in Latin America. Some are highly [...]
Extreme Franchising: Bringing RadioShack to Afghanistan
Via Businessweek, an interesting look at Radio Shack’s efforts to enter Afghanistan: The next time you stroll through downtown Kabul, you might be able to buy batteries from a RadioShack (RSH) [...]
Malawi: Working To Attract Investment
Courtesy of Ventures Africa, a report on Malawi: Did President Joyce Banda recently win the Nobel Peace Prize? It may appear as such with her current world tour. Banda is president of the fairly [...]
Somalia’s Somewhat Friendly Skies
Courtesy of the New York Times, an interesting look at the nascent Somali airline industry: Aden Abdulle International Airport, Mogadishu, September 2011. One recent morning at the start of the [...]
Somaliland: The East African Country That Isn’t
Via Environmental Graffiti, an interesting look at Somaliland: A farmer near Dhagax Khoure, a rock art site When you think of Somalia, your mind probably conjures up images of a poverty-stricken, [...]

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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.