Guyana
Via World Folio, an interesting look at Guyana: The ideal base to do business in South America and the Caribbean, the only English-speaking country on the continent has also emerged as a pioneer in [...]
Lagos To Prosper?
Via Granta, an interesting take on Lagos: The city of Lagos takes the form of an awkwardly shaped octopus, with tentacles reaching east and west, plucking up land that was once outside of its edges [...]
China to Build Pipeline From Iran to Pakistan
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an interesting article on China’s plan to build a pipeline from Iran to Pakistan: Iranian workers weld two pipes together in 2013, at the start of [...]
Is Cuba Ready For The Business Boom?
Via The Telegraph, a look at Cuba’s business potential: Nico has a problem. The small, turquoise bungalow he runs as a B&B in the far east of Cuba is not getting noticed. Bought last year [...]
Angola
Via Ozy, a look at Angola which – while no model democracy – has oil and other natural resources: When John Kerry touches down in Angola this coming week, the U.S. secretary of state had [...]
Rock Star Bob Geldof Spearheads U.S. Private-Equity Push Into Ethiopia
Via the Wall Street Journal, a report on increasing private equity interest in Ethiopia: A number of high-profile investors have recently shown up here. KKR , the New York-based private-equity [...]

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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.