Apple…In Afghanistan
Via Quartz, an interesting article on Apple’s popularity in Afghanistan: Where do people in Kabul go when they want to buy an iPhone? The same place as everybody else: an Apple Store. But one [...]
Afghanistan Has What China Wants
Via Foreign Policy, a look at China’s interest in Afghanistan: As we near the date of withdrawal for U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan, the debate about the country’s largest neighbor has [...]
A Visit To The Libyan Stock Exchange
Via Capitalist Exploits, an interesting report on the Libyan stock exchange: I spent most of the past week in Tripoli, Libya. The primary intent for this trip was to choose a location that will house [...]
The Next, And Overlooked, VC Opportunity: The Middle East
Via the Harvard Business Review, an interesting look at venture capital in the Middle East: Venture capital is ignoring the Middle East for all the wrong reasons. Ultimately, playing it safe will [...]
Boomtowns Leading Indonesia Growth
Via Bloomberg, an article on Indonesia’s quick economic growth: Five years ago, property agent Daisul Akhyar took 20 minutes to drive to work in Pekanbaru, capital of Indonesia’s Riau [...]
South Sudan
Via Outside Magazine, an interesting profile of the new country of South Sudan, a nation blessed with oil, water, and a safari bonanza but without roads, laws, or infrastructure:   A Cattleman [...]

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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.