A South American Waterway Becomes A Cocaine Superhighway — To Europe
Via The Washington Post, an article on a South American waterway that has become a cocaine superhighway to Europe: It was envisioned to be the Mississippi River of South America. The Paraguay-Paraná [...]
The Philippines Has Built A Solid Runway For Economic Takeoff
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how the Philippines can use India’s services exports as a blueprint for an AI-driven world: The Philippines has what it takes to become one of ASEAN’s leading [...]
Mapping Africa’s Connections: Roads, Railways, Ports, and Infrastructure Projects
Via an interesting LinkedIn post from JG & Polo Infrastructure, a look at how Africa is experiencing a transformative era of infrastructure development, connecting regions like never before. From [...]
Cooking With Gas: Equatorial Guinea’s Economic Overview 2025
Via The Business Year, a look at Equatorial Guinea, which has recently inked an agreement with Cameroon to jointly develop oil and gas fields on their border, such as the Yoyo and Yolanda fields, [...]
Shanghai, Mumbai, Dubai or Goodbye
Via Emerging World, commentary on how a visit to Jebel Ali port in Dubai is like looking under the hood of globalization: “Do you own a glass building?” “Well, no, unfortunately I do not,” I [...]
Ethiopia’s Plan for the Red Sea: A Looming Threat to Regional Stability
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on Ethiopia’s Red Sea strategy which is becoming an increasing threat to the countries of the Red Sea coast: The Ethiopian strategy in the Red Sea is an [...]

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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.