Ghana’s 2017 budget contains a range of incentives and reforms – including the removal of value-added tax (VAT) on financial services and property sales – that aim to bolster the private sector and sustain a recovery in foreign investment.
Ghana’s 2017 budget contains a range of incentives and reforms – including the removal of value-added tax (VAT) on financial services and property sales – that aim to bolster the private sector and sustain a recovery in foreign investment.
Welcome rains in late summer and autumn brought some respite for South Africa’s agricultural producers towards the end of 2016, helping to boost yields and improving the chances of recovery after a two-year contraction.
Les initiatives visant à augmenter la production agricole et à faire du Gabon un leader de la production d’huile de palme ont fait un grand pas en avant ce mois avec l’achèvement de la plus grande usine d’huile de palme du pays.
Un nouveau code des hydrocarbures pourrait donner une nouvelle impulsion à une série de solides projets actuellement en cours qui modifient le paysage énergétique tunisien à l’heure où l’État cherche à encourager de nouvelles sources de production pour faire face à une production pétrolière en baisse.
Reforms lifting foreign ownership ceilings may prompt a wave of overseas investment in Thailand’s insurance sector, though the industry’s highly competitive environment could also see smaller operators come under pressure.
Kenya’s ICT providers are working to tap into the country’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprise segment, though a limited awareness of technology services presents a potential challenge to these efforts.
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