Fifteen good reasons why you should choose East Africa as your investment destination:
- Market access to more than 130 million people
- Combined GDP size of about US$ 75 billion
- The world’s fastest reforming region in terms of business regulation
- Simplified investment procedures and one stop centre facility provided by national investment promotion agencies
- Generous incentives offered
- Vibrant and upcoming capital and securities market
- High level of intra-regional trade and cross-border investments
- Numerous investment opportunities traversing all sectors
- Abundant labour force – educated, trained, mobile, skilled and enterprising
- English is widely spoken; it is one of or the only official language in at least four of the five Partner States
- Insurance against non-commercial risk by Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATIA)
- Sanctity of private property guaranteed by national constitutions
- Stable political environment and high level of governance and democracy
- Consumer loyalty
- A warm and hospitable people
