Given the recent uptick in the US-Iran military exchange and BMI’s shift to a ‘messy negotiation scenario’, the research unit will be reviewing its forecasts over the coming week, but does not anticipate making “significant revisions” to its South African ones for the year. This was highlighted by research firm BMI sub-Saharan Africa country risk senior analyst Lara Wolfe, speaking in the company’s “Sub-Saharan Africa Macroeconomic Update: Resilience Despite Challenging Global Environment”, webinar on July 21.