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South Africa should promote entrepreneurship to grow economy

engineeringnews.co.za, July 29th 2010
By Chanel de Bruyn
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

South Africa’s economy was falling further and further behind the rest of the continent owing to deficiencies in the education system and its skills development efforts, which was, in turn, eroding the country’s competitive ability, Econometrix chief economist Azar Jammine said on Thursday.

China investments in Africa

tralac, July 27th 2010
By Taku Fundira
Quoted: Hannah Edinger, Senior Manager and Head of Research – Frontier Advisory

A feature of world trade over the last ten years has been the dramatic growth of China’s trade and investment with the world. With China’s social, political and economic landscape changing for the long term, this has implied China’s need for more and diverse raw materials and different types of international business relationships. This has led to Chinese companies going global, a trend that has become a defining feature of the present stage of China’s integration with the global economy.

Germany ‘brings more factories than Chinese’

INet Bridge, Business Day, July 19th 2010
By Beth Shirley, Industry Correspondent
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

GERMAN investment in SA’s industrial sectors is “long term,” says Matthias Boddenberg, Southern African German Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO — a contrast, he says, with the Chinese model of doing business in Africa.

Africa looks to China as Western influence fades

SCMP, June 28th 2010
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory
By Toh Han Shih

As the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and nowhere is this wry observation truer than in Africa.

Export Zones to Boost Africa’s Manufacturing Industry

Tradeinvest South Africa, May 7th 2010
Quoted: Hannah Edinger, Senior Manager and Head of Research – Frontier Advisory

Export processing zones (EPZs) have mushroomed across Africa. Their logic is to attract export-oriented manufacturing investment to boost economies. EPZs, although they create controversy in certain circles, have been highl successful in Asia, central and Latin American countries. Is the attempt by Africa to follow suit bearing fruits?

China to invest in Mozambique coal

Financial Times, June 25th 2010
By Richard Lapper
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8d8bca0-7ff0-11df-91b4-00144feabdc0.html

China builds domestic growth base to overcome outside shocks

Business Report, June 17th 2010
By Ethel Hazelhurst
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

China’s success story is about to take a new turn. Despite first-quarter growth of nearly 12 percent as exports accelerated, the Chinese government is trying to build a second platform for growth – domestic demand.

South Africa: Way paved for broader links

Financial Times, June 14th 2010
By Richard Lapper
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/913efcf4-74ed-11df-aed7-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=e11d5c1a-74ee-11df-aed7-00144feabdc0.html

Investment strategy: State-to-private contracts provide second route to riches

Financial Times, June 14th 2010
By Tom Burgis
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d945a12-74ed-11df-aed7-00144feabdc0.html

Nurturing an Indian relationship is in SA’s interest

Business Report, 1st June 2010
By Abdullah Verachia, Director and Head of Business Knowledge – Frontier Advisory

While South Africa celebrates 150 years of Indians living in the country, Francis Moloi, a former South African high commissioner to India, argues that the historical relationship between South Africa and India goes back more than four billion years. However, the commercial relationship between India and Africa has only really taken off in the past eight years.

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