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Mozambique Investment Guide

Why invest in Mozambique? Mozambique posted the greatest diversified and sustained economic growth in Africa between 1996 and 2005, with average annual growth of 8.3 percent, according to the World Bank's Development Indicators for Africa 2007 report. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is satisfied with the “strong and robust growth...

Morocco Investment Guides

Moroccan Assets Morocco has opted for a liberal, diversified economy, based on private initiative and largely open on the outside world. It offers conditions of success to investors thanks to its economic potentialities and human resources, to the perspectives which it enjoys as a link between two economic entities, the Maghreb and Europe, and...

Malawi Investment Guides

Introduction Malawi is a landlocked independent republic with a democratic government. It lies south of Tanzania and to the west of Mozambique and forms part of the Southern African Region. The capital city is Lilongwe. Other major cities are Blantyre and Zomba. Malawi is one of the world's least-developed countries, with an economy based on...

Kenya Investment Guides

Kenya is the leading economy in East Africa. Its strategic location and its well developed business infrastructure make it a natural choice for investors and many international firms have made it their regional hub. Investing in Kenya now also provides access to the larger regional market of the East African Community, which was formed by its...

Ghana Investment Guides

Profile of Ghana Ghana is an independent republic with a democratic government which lies on the Gulf of Guinea and forms part of the West African Region. The capital city is Accra. Other major towns are Kumasi and Tamale and the ports of Cape Coast, Tema and Takoradi. Tema, the industrial city, which is adjunct to Accra, the capital city of Ghana...

Botswana Investment Guides

Botswana Investment Climate Statement The Government of Botswana is committed to creating an attractive climate for foreign investment. Credit ratings received from Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s for Botswana were the highest given to an African country, ranking it equally with other successfully developing economies like the Republic of Chile,...

Angola Investment Guides

Angolan investment profile GENERAL INVESTMENT STEPS IN ANGOLA STEP 1: Locate a Project in Angola, either in partnership with an Angolan Existing Company or a new one project STEP 2: Apply for an investment Certificate by submitting a proposal to ANIP. The approved investors conduct business in Angola by registering a subsidiary, forming a...

Algeria Investment Guides

Creation Established by the article 8 of the legal fiat no 93-12 of October 5th, 1993 related to the investment fostering, the single wicket gathers all corporations, administrative bodies, and institutions concerned by investing in Algeria through the "Agence de Promotion, de Soutien et de Suivi des lnvestissements"(APSI) (i.e. the Agency for the...

Gabon Investment Guides - Gabon investment climate

Gabon's economy is dependent on the export of crude oil, which accounts for over 40 percent of GDP, about 60 percent of government revenue, and about 80 percent of exports. Despite significant oil, timber, and mineral resources (producing a per capita GDP greater than USD 4,000), Gabon has accumulated significant debt. Economic and financial...

Ethiopia Investment

Introduction This guide has been prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). It comes with a companion volume which is a more informal publication, prepared under the auspices of the Ethiopian Investment Authority, and which...

Eritrea Investment Guides

Introduction Eritrea became an independent State in May 1991 and the Eritrean population confirmed its support for independence in an internationally supervised referendum held in April 1993. This was followed by the recognition of the new State by many countries and its subsequent membership in regional and international organizations as an...

Tanzania Investment

Tanzania: 1990's Privatisation The privatisation programme continued with the announcement in July that the major exports earner, sisal would be privatised. Plans for electricity privatisation were also announced. Air Tanzania announced that it would start scheduled flights to Johannesburg, South Africa from December. ATC was suffering from...

Rwanda Investment - Rwanda Privatisation

Rwanda Privatization Process Introduction The government on the 26th august 1996 directed that 46 enterprises be privatized as soon as possible and the governments shares in an additional 18 enterprises be ceded to the private sector. The privatization programme started being implemented from October 1997 and since then 20 enterprises have been...

Nigeria Investment - Nigeria Privatisation

Nigerian privatization Programme The privatization programme will be conducted in a transparent, accountable and comprehensive manner, as it holds the key for reviving our public utilities and engendering foreign investors’ confidence, in the direction we want to move the economy. The business and international community are making privatization...

Egypt Investment - Egypt Privatisation

Egyptian Privatization Plan Overview The Ministry of Public Enterprise (MPE) is dedicated to achieving the long-term goal of complete implementation of Egypt’s overall privatization plan. In an effort to promote private enterprise, the GOE is undertaking an extensive privatization program whereby state-owned companies are transferred to the...