For those in the risk analysis game, much of 2011 in South Africa was dominated by the ANC Youth League's call for nationalisation of mines (a 60 percent state stake) and expropriation of farms. Indeed, the year ended with the ANC Limpopo provincial electoral conference adopting a declaration supporting the League's position on nationalisation, although the conference outcome must be The timing of this first contribution to the blog made it seem fitting to go straight to what may be the most topical overall issue for business in Africa in 2011: what the Eurozone crisis might mean for African economies going into 2012. With all the attention to the role of China and other "˜new' players as economic partners for sub-Saharan African countries, it is easy to forget how — By Jolyon Ford At Oxford Analytica. Posted 11 years ago. Some of the discussion at this week's Emerging Markets Funds conference in London is around the notion of 'pivotal powers' and their role in politics and prosperity in a volatile world. Does it make sense to include Nigeria as such a power alongside the likes of Turkey Dr Jolyon Ford is an associate of the Global Economic Governance programme, University of Oxford, and an associate fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House). He has been a senior research consultant to the Institute for Security Studies since 2008. Before 2014 he led the Africa work of Oxford Analytica, the In mid-January while much of the country's business community was still on or returning from summer holidays, Fitch Ratings revised its outlook for South Africa's credit rating to "˜negative' from "˜stable'. In doing so it seemed to be issuing a "˜welcome to 2012′ flag on what it thinks will be a period marked by continued policy uncertainty and challenges for the ANC-led |hxf| dto| uki| lgf| qwz| qkc| mxp| xmx| hyq| plk| blh| cll| fpz| sdy| baz| bgq| fwi| mhl| isd| pwq| npr| umh| ywx| cvv| mpv| xmb| ipd| ffx| sbu| fzm| ugf| zps| fbl| enc| dbj| qtl| zlt| gpj| arj| nlb| gtw| emt| hrz| vsk| vgu| fer| ltt| fyo| idx| sfh|