Reviving investment in Africa : constraints and policies

Abstract

This Conference will: bring together African government officials at the highest levels, African private entrepreneurial men and women, UN agencies, foreign governments and private investors, and scholars and students of international business; provide better understanding of the needs and means of public/private partnership in African economies; increase the awareness of potential foreign investors of the opportunities of investment in African economies; provide an opportunity for joint-ventures between African and their foreign counterparts; increase awareness of African policy makers of the factors discouraging domestic and foreign investors in Africa and the role of governments in changing the situation; enhance the bargaining skills of African policy makers for attracting investment; increase Africa's awareness of the investment potentials of non-traditional partners in general and Asia in particular; and provide better understanding of how integration can be means of improving the investment climate.