A diaspora has long been an invaluable source of income to those in developing countries. But channelling this capital into public projects that will benefit the country in the long term is a difficult task, and one which only a few are experiencing notable success in.
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/ South Africa
South Africa's intellectual property developments – heading in the wrong direction?
South Africa is changing its intellectual property laws, a move that experts from research firm Pugatch Consilium argue will narrow access to medical treatments and harm the country's investment attractiveness in the pharmaceuticals sphere.
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/ Syria
Syria’s conflict continues to impact FDI
Investment into Syria has evaporated altogether as the civil war takes its toll on investor confidence.
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/ Middle East & Africa
/ Egypt
Egypt keen to promote its FDI agenda
Washington, DC played host to the first business delegation from Egypt following the country's presidential elections in May.
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/ Middle East & Africa
Uneven return to FDI growth
The world is seeing a return to growth in greenfield FDI, according to the latest findings from the fDi report, but while some areas surge ahead, others are seeing hesitant growth or even a decline.
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View from the Middle East and Africa: The aerospace growth factor
The aerospace sector is spearheading growth in the Middle East, but efforts in Africa are being hampered by political uncertainty and underdeveloped infrastructure.
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/ Middle East & Africa
/ Uganda
Trade minister urges investors to delve deeper in Uganda
Its oil reserves may make the headlines, but Uganda’s minister for trade and industry tells fDi that the country is pursuing diversification and removing barriers to growth, particularly in its underdeveloped agribusiness sector.
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Breaking Africa's bottlenecks
Africa's notoriously inadequate infrastructure is widely considered to have long been holding the region back from realising its economic potential. Hope is on the horizon, however, as national governments increasingly embrace private sector projects and regional developments.
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Africa records more FDI than the Middle East in April
There were more FDI projects recorded in Africa than in the Middle East in April 2014.
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/ UAE
Hyatt checks in to new growth markets
As emerging markets around the world ramp up their tourism offerings, the task of picking out the future stars is a tricky one for the likes of Peter Norman, the senior vice-president of acquisitions and development for the EMEA region at Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He tells fDi why numerous locations in the Middle East and Africa are exciting him.
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