Egypt’s Economy: The Downside to Growth
Via Foreign Policy, a look at Egypt’s economic challenges: The Egyptian republic’s economic course has been problematic, to say the least. Gamal Abdul Nasser’s experiment with [...]
Libya Announces New National Oil Company
Via Eurasia Review, a report that Libya is planning the separation of its national oil corporation’s exploration and refining arms.  As the article notes: Libyan Minister of Oil Abdulbari [...]
China In Afghanistan: A Tale Of Two Mines
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at China’s activities in Afghanistan: Facing a heavy domestic agenda and growing foreign policy tensions in the seas to the east, it is unlikely that [...]
India’s African Safari
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at India’s engagement with Africa: India’s engagement with Africa has grown remarkably over the past decade. Trade with Africa jumped from U.S. $3 [...]
How Capitalist Are The Cubans?
Via The New York Times, an interesting article on Cuba: IT was just a small sign, red, round and electrified, advertising homemade pizza — the kind of thing no one would notice in New York or Rome. [...]
Venezuela’s Topsy-Turvy Economy
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on Venezuela’s economy: It has been pointed out before that Father Christmas and Hugo Chávez share a thing or two in common. [...]

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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.