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Davos 2012

Money Web, 25th January 2012

Interview: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.

‘I think there’s quite a different sense this year. There’s a sense of pessimism.’

African growth set for new chapter: Deloitte

Business Live, 20th January 2012

Featured: Africa Frontier Forum

African economies are set to continue growing faster than many developed economies, while shifting trade patterns towards China and India will continue to gain momentum in 2012.

Amid global uncertainty Africa needs to seize emerging opportunities

Engineering News, 19th January 2012
By Henry Lazenby
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.

There is renewed and growing investor interest in Africa, which is poised to continue to grow, despite the turmoil being caused by the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and the US’s debt problems, delegates to the Africa Frontiers Forum heard on Thursday in Johannesburg.

Africa is back in the limelight for WEF 2012

Money Web, 19th January 2012
By Alex Hogg
Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.

The World Economic Forum has long been an important gathering place for South Africans, and twice they’ve stolen the show. Twenty years ago, the WEF hosted the first international joint appearance of the troika who guided the country to democracy - Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk and Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Apart from the positive publicity this generated, the WEF also deserves credit for effecting the abandonment by the ANC of its bankrupted socialist dogma of nationalisation and central control. It was during discussions with one of his heroes, the Prime Minister of Vietnam, that the South African statesman learned economic ideas they’d both shared and held so dear didn’t work in the modern world.

Lagarde praises SA’s efforts to create jobs

Business Report, 9th January 2012
by Sungula Nkabinde
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said 2012 would be a difficult year for South Africa, especially in the light of persistent unemployment and the potential impact of the euro debt crisis.

7% growth is ambitious but unrealistic (Video)

Business Day, 1st December 2011
Video: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory

South Africa\'s plans for a 7% growth rate are ambitious but unrealistic and the focus should rather be on closing the gap between government and businesses and on the eradication of unemployment and poverty.

China in 2012 and its relationship with Africa

GIBS, 2nd December 2011
Video: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.
China in 2012 and its relationship with Africa.

Dr Martyn Davies, CEO of Frontier Advisory on China in 2012 and its relationship with Africa.

Sino-African collaboration surging, miners take note

Moneyweb, November 18th 2011
by Christy Filen
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.

China is the single largest trading partner and financier of infrastructure into the African continent with trade levels showing compound annual growth of 35%.

Dragon to Panda bear

Moneyweb, 17th November 2011
by Christy Filen
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.

The negative spectre of the large fire breathing dragon dwarfing its investment destinations is being replaced by a warm cuddly panda bear.

When it comes to M and A, Africa is the new China

The Globe and Mail, 17th November 2011
by Erin Conway-Smith
Quoted: Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd.

A merger announcement for two mining-focused engineering groups, South Africa’s ProMet Engineers Africa and China’s Dadi Engineering Development Group, was a slightly awkward blend of two very different business traditions -- but also a sign of the times.

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