Why Africa’s CEOs are optimistic about the continent’s investment outlook
By CNBC Africa
27 May 2018 |
9:30 am
Across the African continent, governments are introducing reforms to improve the ease of doing business, and all the while foreign investment is growing. Africa Investment Horizons was at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to find out why CEO’s on the continent are optimistic about the continent’s investment outlook.
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