Emerging Asia’s Growth Champions
Via EMIA, an interesting article on the seven Asian economies expected to grow quickest between 2015 – 2030: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are [...]
Tajikistan: At The Center Of Central Asian Energy
Via The World Folio, an in-depth look at Tajikistan: The commissioning of a $3.2 billion gas pipeline and hydrocarbon exploration activities put Tajikistan at the center of greenfield energy [...]
What Are Frontier Markets?
Via The Wall Street Journal, a definition of “frontier” markets: Most investors know about emerging markets like Mexico or Brazil. Lesser known are the so-called frontier markets such as [...]
Somalia’s Premier Bank To Bring ATMs, Debit Cards To Mogadishu
Via Reuters, an article on Somalia: Somalia’s Premier Bank has struck a deal with Mastercard and will issue debit cards and install ATM machines in the capital of the war-ravaged country, the [...]
South Sudan: World’s Newest Country Struggles To Survive
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a sobering report on how rampant inflation, civil war, and food shortages threaten the future of South Sudan: South Sudan is running out of money, which along [...]
The Curious Tale Of The World-Beating Somali Shilling
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on the Somali shilling: Here’s a pecuniary peculiarity to rival Bitcoin – the world strongest currency over the past 12 months belongs to a [...]

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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.