Chinese Demand for Rosewood Empowers Some of Africa’s Deadliest Terrorist Groups
Via The Diplomat, an article on how Chinese smuggling rings have been instrumental in the illegal trafficking of rosewood. They also provide support to terrorist groups in West Africa and Mozambique. [...]
Wynn’s Early Lock On The UAE Casino Sector Just Got Tighter
Via Forbes, an article on UAE gaming sector: The gaming authority of the United Arab Emirates just handed Wynn Resorts a second massive win in as many months. After awarding Wynn the first [...]
India Could Be Apple and Samsung’s Solution to the Future of Phones
Via Wired, a look at how a quarter of all iPhones could be made outside China by 2025, most likely in India—a rapidly growing market with hundreds of millions of potential customers. And the race [...]
Ethiopia Turns To Bitcoin Miners To Power Growth and Green Energy
Via The Africa Report, an article on how Ethiopia’s state utility has generated $55m in less than a year from power-purchase agreements with bitcoin miners – money it intends to use to [...]
Citi Says Deals From Gulf Into Africa Are Keeping Bankers Busy
Via Bloomberg, a look at the Middle East’s growing interest in Africa: Investors are seeking deals for food security in Kenya African countries must reduce dependence on dollars for debt Rich [...]
Pacific Islands Split On Deep-Sea Mining As First License Application Nears
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Nauru’s deep-sea mining project which targets vast seabed mineral reserves: More than 4 kilometers beneath the surface of the north Pacific Ocean lies what the tiny [...]

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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.