Boardroom Talk
Boardroom Talk – GIS reflects how world sees SA: Lost promise, naivety around its Russian ties
With geopolitics so critical for open economies like South Africa’s, it behoves someone in my line of work to access various international sources.
By Alec Hogg
With geopolitics so critical for open economies like South Africa's, it behoves someone in my line of work to access various international sources. Among my favourites is Geopolitical Intelligence Services AG, the creation of Prince Michael of Liechtenstein.
Two reasons. First, a chance Davos meeting some years back with the principality's finance minister, whose global insights – including about SA – really impressed me. Second, Prince Michael himself is closely connected with Africa, having worked on the continent while employed by Nestlé.
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