The chart of the week is from Alex Schober, Southern Cone Analyst, and William Attwell, Practice Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa: “While doing analysis on the Chilean Peso, I started to look at how other EM currencies tied to primary commodities…
On-the-gound insight: Takeaways from FSG’s Johannesburg Breakfast
Last Wednesday, we hosted 20 multinational executives in Johannesburg to discuss Sub-Saharan Africa’s outlook in 2018. Senior executives from the technology, consumer goods, industrials, and healthcare sectors gathered to share ideas for strategies to succeed in the continent in the…
FSG on CNBC: South Africa is “too important to ignore” for investors
South Africa forms a core part of MNCs’ emerging EMEA portfolios, a group that includes other major emerging markets such as Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Many of these markets face several years of slower growth due to a combination of…
What MNCs should expect from South Africa’s 2017 budget
In late November and early December 2016, when the three main credit rating agencies conducted their year-end reviews, South Africa narrowly avoided being downgraded to sub-investment grade, a fate that has befallen other major emerging economies such as Russia and…
Adapting to Win in Slow Growth: South Africa (Webinar)
Led by Frontier Strategy Group’s Director of Sub-Saharan Africa Research, Anna Rosenberg, this webinar gives executives the tools and necessary information to help them assess their current South Africa strategy. South Africa’s subdued business environment is putting MNC performance at…
Opportunity amid volatility for corporations in South Africa
The year was 2011. Business confidence in South Africa was high, consumers were positive, and foreign investment was streaming in steadily. Real GDP grew at an average of 4.0% YOY. South Africa was a hotspot for emerging markets investment and…
Expert Post: China and the BRICs
Frontier Strategy Group Expert Adviser, David Wolf recently wrote the following on his Silicon Hutong blog: While the Fourth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit was nearly three months ago, the meta-message that is emerging from the…