South Africa’s absence – for the second year running – from the top 25 countries listed in AT Kearney’s annual foreign direct investment (FDI) confidence index is suggestive of heightened investor concern about perceived political, policy and regulatory instability. Africa region head Wim Plaizier describes the position as “disturbing” given that that three-fourths of the executives surveyed for the latest index, published in early May, report that their companies plan to increase their FDI in the coming three years.
