Africa Rising
Via Time Magazine, a look at sub-Saharan Africa’s growth: the second fastest growing regional economy in the world: Boniface Mwangi’s first camera was an old Japanese film model, bought [...]
Central Asia’s Railroad Ambitions
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting article on potential Central Asian railway development: A train passes the Tian Shan mountains in China’s far western Xinjiang [...]
The Secret War Between China and the US for Africa’s Oil Riches
Via Oil Price.com, an interesting look at the race between China and the US for access to Africa’s oil resources: In the struggle to secure energy resources, the great powers consider all [...]
BRICS To BRICSIT?
Via Global Geopolitics, an interesting article on the possibility of Indonesia and Turkey joining the BRICS group: Will the BRICS expand into the BRICSIT? One expert on emerging markets believes this [...]
Chinese Inroads Into Central Asia: Focus on Oil and Gas
Via the Journal of Energy Security, a report on China’s efforts to focus on oil & gas opportunities in Central Asia: There is no question that if any country has experienced unprecedented [...]
Ethiopia: Ready For Foreign Investment?
Via the BBC, a report on Ethiopia’s potential for foreign investors: Ethiopia was once a byword for poverty and famine. It is still one of the poorest countries in the world, with an estimated [...]

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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.