Key Issues
Africa is enjoying its best half-decade of economic growth, and the continent is generating greater investor interest, with record FDI flows registered in 2007.
Natural resources and the services sectors have attracted most FDI, but the potential has, as yet, been only partly tapped.
Such investment has the potential to generate more rapid development, but more needs to be done to ensure this potential is realised.
Speakers will address the following questions:
- Which industries in Africa, especially in the services sector, have the most potential to attract FDI?
- How can Africa improve its record in attracting manufacturing investment?
- What are the most serious obstacles to boosting inward investment into Africa and what lessons can African countries learn from each other?
- What is needed for African countries to maximize the gains from primary sector FDI?
- What can policymakers, IPAs and international actors do to minimize political risk?