Keeping Cairo Solvent
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting report on Egypt’s economic woes: Cairo’s growing dependence on financial assistance from neighbors underscores just how desperate [...]
Mozambique’s Promising Future
Via How We Made It In Africa, a detailed look at Mozambique: After almost two decades of civil war, Mozambique is rapidly emerging as one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Economic growth [...]
Mongolia: Growing Pains?
Via Foreign Policy, an updated look at Mongolia’s economic performance of late: As I suspect others with a professional interest in Mongolia’s transition to democracy and capitalism have [...]
Laos High-Speed Rail: China’s Ticket To Ride To Southeast Asia And Beyond
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on a high-speed rail project between Laos and China: It looks like Laos, China’s tiny landlocked southern neighbour, is about to find out whether sharing [...]
Frontier Entrepreneurship: Doing Business In The Hardest Spots On Earth
Courtesy of Inc., an interesting article (first in a series) on frontier entrepreneurship by Jake Cusack and Matthew Tilleard, a pair of investment advisors who work with growth companies in [...]
Chinese Media Investment In Africa
Via Balancing Act, an interesting commentary on Chinese investment in African media: Both private and state-owned Chinese companies are investing heavily in Africa. Part of this media push into [...]

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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.