Luanda - Angola remains among the top 10 countries receiving foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa, but the inflow of capital from abroad fell by 83% in 2015, the highest in Top 10 of the most benefited of the continent. The information is in The Africa Investment Report 2016, the Financial Times group's annual report on the main trends in African economies. According to the report, Angola has benefited from 4% of the overall amount of FDI applied in Africa. The value of the country benefited in the year in question is USD 2.7 billion.
The list is led by Egypt, which raised USD 14.5 billion, followed by Nigeria (USD 8.6 billion), Mozambique (USD 5.1 billion), South Africa (USD 4.7 billion), Morocco (USD 4.5 billion) and Ivory Coast (USD 3.5 billion). Top-10 is completed by Kenya, Senegal and Cameroon. The largest foreign investment made in Angola in 2015 was of French oil company Total E & P, involving USD 2.2 billion, the third largest direct investment made in Africa in 2015, shortly after what ENI did on the continent (USD 6 billion ) and Terra Sola (USD 3.5 billion). Italy was the main investor in Africa in terms of the volume of the amount applied (USD 7.4 billion), followed by the USA (USD 6.8 billion), France (USD 5.7 billion), the United Kingdom (USD 4.9 billion) and the United Arab Emirates (USD 4.2 billion). Regarding the number of projects, the USA leads with 93 projects, followed by the United Kingdom (76 projects), France (53), United Arab Emirates (45) and Germany (37). (AGI)
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