Diamond-Market Crash Drives Seismic Political Shift in Botswana
Via Bloomberg, a report on a dramatic election result in Botswana: An opposition coalition emerged as the shock winner of Botswana’s parliamentary elections, the first time power has changed hands [...]
The G-20 Needs a Grand Bargain With the Global South
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on how a revitalized group comprising the G-20 and Global South can act as a counterweight to BRICS: There’s been plenty of invective and grandiose ambitions at [...]
Responding To China’s Growing Influence On Ports In The Global South
Via Center for Strategic and International Studies, commentary on how the West can respond to China’s growing influence on port infrastructure in the Global South: Port infrastructure around [...]
South Korea Eyes Rich BRICS Road To Global South
Via Asia Times, an article examining how, while South Korea’s alignment with US-led West precludes formal accession, its active engagement with BRICS will bolster its status in the emerging [...]
JPMorgan Opens Offices in Kenya, Ivory Coast in Africa Push
Via Bloomberg, a look at JPMorgan’s growing interest in Africa: US lender hires ex-central banker to run business in Kenya Ex-central banker Montet managed Kenya’s foreign reserves JPMorgan [...]
Rare Earths and Rare Opportunities in Central Asia
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at Central Asia’s rare earths potential: Central Asia has become more geopolitically important lately – not just as the underbelly of its economically [...]

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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.