Source: Biz-Community (Cape Town)

A new study, the Baird's Communication Management Consultants Africa Review, promises to discover exactly what encourages US investors to invest in Africa, and what puts them off.

The study, announced earlier this week in Johannesburg, will look at two sets of opinions as to why multinationals are not investing rapidly in Africa.

The first part of the study will involve interviews with top executives of US-based multinationals to find out why they have reservations when it comes to investing in Africa. The second part of the study will see the findings of the first being put to policy-makers such as ministers of finance and planning, and also to senior civil servants on the continent. Leaders of international organisations involved on the continent will also be asked for their feedback on the findings.

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Posted by pichu at July 19, 2007 11:59 AM