Thursday, February 12, 2009
By Bright Simons
Experts at the World Economic Forum in Davos while discussing the session on Africa said the continent, though not insulated from the global financial crisis, will perform "relatively better" than other regions of the world in 2009. The tempered optimism is fuelled by the fact that Africa’s capital markets, except for South Africa, are not integrated globally thereby limiting the effects of the crisis. Bright B. Simons looks at three economic sectors that should interest potential investors in 2009.