U.S., China Lead Focus on Bankable African Independent Power Projects

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--July 7, 2016--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With the consequences of Brexit (U.K.'s exit from the EU) uncertain, the U.S. presidential election coming in November and the jury still out on whether China's economic transition from capital projects to internal product consumption will lead to a "hard" or "soft" landing, global and regional economic forecasting for the short term is something of a dark art. But looking ahead through 2020 there is enough perspective for macro trends to resume their role as drivers.