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S.Africa's Zuma steps up BRICs charm offensive

reuters, August 2^nd 2010
By Ed Cropley
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma goes to Russia and China this month, part of a push to open new trade and investment routes to the fast-growing emerging economies to replace traditional markets in Europe.

SA needs more competition - World Bank

timeslive, August 1^st 2010
By Jana Maris
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

SA has to break the "very powerful golden triangle" of big business, government and parastatals, and organised labour to realise its growth potential, economists said at the launch of the World Bank's investment climate assessment report this week.

South Africa should promote entrepreneurship to grow economy

engineeringnews.co.za, July 29^th 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 27^th 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 19^th 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 25^th 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 17^th 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 14^th 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

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