Emerging economies, on top of dealing with a potential adjustment in global economic conditions, have to confront their own uncertainties both at the micro and macro levels as financial markets are being developed. There is a widespread debate regarding the amounts of regulation needed. In my view, this is a misleading discussion as there is nothing like too much or too low regulation.
As expected, multinationals from South Africa have seized the opportunity to expand their production networks across the continent. The number of projects in Africa originating from South Africa has increased by over 500 per cent in the past decade. Between 2010 and 2013, South African multinationals made FDI investments into 18 African countries.