After a disappointing July, FDI in Africa returned to health in August 2013, with Kenya performing particularly well in terms of capital expenditure and job creation.
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/ Middle East & Africa
/ Rwanda
Rwanda targets middle-income status by 2020
Rwanda's minister of finance, Claver Gatete, has said that the country is aiming to become a middle-income economy by 2020.
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/ Middle East & Africa
/ Iraq
New $6bn investment in Iraq oil sector
Switzerland-based heavy engineering company Satarem is investing $6bn to build a new large-scale oil refinery in Iraq.
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/ Middle East & Africa
In dispute: the perils of arbitration withdrawal
Is the withdrawing of arbitration by countries weakening their FDI appeal?
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Locations
/ Middle East & Africa
View from Middle East & Africa: October/November 2013
Despite good news coming out of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the investment outlook within the Middle East and north Africa is bleak.
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Locations
/ Middle East & Africa
/ UAE
GCC property market shows an uneven recovery
The economic crisis of 2008 and beyond made its presence felt across the property markets of the Gulf Co-operation Council, with some countries affected worse than others. Among the hardest hit was Dubai, but the emirate is showing strong signs of recovery.
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Locations
/ Middle East & Africa
/ Egypt
Egyptian FDI slumps in first half of 2013
Egypt witnessed a massive decline in FDI flows in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012.
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Locations
/ Middle East & Africa
/ Kenya
Kenya's tourism industry braced for decline
Kenya's reputation as a safe tourist destination has been damaged by the recent terrorist attack in the country's capital, Nairobi.
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Locations
/ Middle East & Africa
/ Nigeria
Financing deal complete for Nigeria's Ughelli power plant
The Transnational Corporation of Nigeria has agreed to provide the remaining $225m needed to finance a gas-fired thermal power plant in Delta State, Nigeria.
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Locations
/ Middle East & Africa
/ Libya
Libyan prime minister reassures investors over security fears
Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan has assured investors that the government was containing violence in the country and that security was improving.
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