What is the Outlook for Frontier & Emerging Markets?
The last few years has seen erratic economic times for the emerging market world. Commodity driven economies are facing many growth headwinds but their highly populated consumer markets remain attractive to multinationals and investment. China’s growth remains robust, albeit slowing. India is reforming itself and may emerge as one of the world’s fastest growing economies in 2016 and is likely to surpass China’s GDP growth rate. Brazil, Russia and South Africa require structural reforms to reinvigorate their growth performance. New emerging markets such as Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia and Vietnam are all rapidly emerging economies. Africa remains in many instances a frontier market where risk is high but which offers good yield and corporate profits. As companies globalise in search of growth and new markets, how should management and leaderships be looking at the emerging economic world in light of the changing global economy? How should South African and aspirant multinational firms pursue and capture emerging business opportunities in both trade and investment realms? How is risk and reward balanced? Are South African and international firms positioned effectively to expand their footprints in these new economies?
Key themes to be addressed:
- Strategies for Winning in Frontier and Emerging Markets
- Trade Trends in Frontier and Emerging Markets
- BRICS Plus - What’s Next?
- The New Frontier Markets - Who’s Emerging and Who’s Submerging?
- Forecasting the Oil Price and its Impact on Frontier and Emerging Markets
Join us at the Annual Frontier & Emerging Markets Forum along with leading business leaders and companies to discuss the outlook for Frontier & Emerging Markets for this year and beyond.
Speakers Include:
- Colin Coleman; Managing Director, Head of the South African Office and Investment Banking Division, Sub-Saharan Africa, Goldman Sachs International
- Chris Maroleng; Executive: Group Corporate Affairs, MTN Group
- Chris Sturgess; Director: Commodities & Key Client Management, Capital Markets, JSE
- William Egbe; Group Director: Sustainability, Strategy & Planning, The Coca-Cola Company (Eurasia & Africa Group)
- Euvin Naidoo; Head of Strategy, Barclays Africa, Regional Management
- Dr Solomon Assefa; Director, Research - Africa, South Africa Lab, IBM
- Ross McLean; President: Africa, Dow Chemical Company
- Hennie Heymans; Managing Director, DHL Express South Africa
- Alexander Tikhomirov; Representative in Southern Africa, Vnesheconombank (Russian Development Bank)
- Xavier Gobille; Executive Director, Auto and Allied Distribution, Tata Africa
- Mr. Li Song; Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the People's Republic of China
- Sylvia Chahonyo; Country Manager South Africa, Moody’s Investors Service South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
- Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Frontier Advisory
- Michael Bowers; Business Development Manager – Africa, Petronas Lubricants Africa Ltd
Wednesday the 15th of April, The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), 82 Grayston Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg, 08h00 – 16h00.
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