New Africa Investment alert from Africa Alert

Are you interested in tracking #investment & #trade news across #Africa ? If so, why not take a look at the next Africa Investment alert from @Africa Alert. The alert will contain updates from across the continent (see below some of the stories that will be included)

U.S. Govt Makes Big Push for Investment in Africa

Buoyed by bipartisan commitment and a new government agency, the United States has taken new and significant steps to help drive investment in Africa, strengthen the region's dynamic economies, create lucrative opportunities for US and African businesses, and advance US foreign-policy goals in the region. "America's goal in [Africa] is to support locally led ...

Source: Atlantic Council (22 Oct 2020 ) 

 Continental Free Trade Critical to Improve Africa' Investment - ECA

Addis Ababa — The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a game changer for investment on the continent which in recent years has seen foreign direct investment (FDI) continuing to weaken, Regional Integration and Trade Division Director at the Economic Commission of Africa (ECA), Stephen Karingi underscored. The Director made the remark on Thursday while ...

Source: ENA (23 Oct 2020 ) 

 "Africa would benefit from reviewing the laws ruling taxation of multinationals" (Leonce Ndikumana)

(Ecofin Agency) - As countries around the world face challenges in mobilizing resources to deal with Covid-19, the ICRICT (Independent Commission for the Reform of International Taxation) took the opportunity to call again for an acceleration of reforms in the taxation of multinationals. Leonce Ndikumana is one of the pioneers in the fight against Illicit Financial Flows and ...Source: Agence Ecofin-En (23 Oct 2020)

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