Nairobi/Harare — With its two-trillion-dollar economy, recent discoveries of billions of dollars worth of minerals and oil, and the number of investment opportunities it has to offer global players, Africa is slowly shedding its image as a development burden. "While global direct investment has shown some decline, dropping by 18 percent in 2012, in Africa foreign direct investment rose by five percent," Ken Ogwang, an economic expert affiliated with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), which has a membership of over 60 businesses, told IPS.
"Underhand dealings in the mining of diamonds and other rich minerals here have fuelled poverty." -- economic analyst, Jameson Gatawa
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