Uganda trade minister in foreign investor plea

The Desertec Industry Initiative, an ambitious transnational plan to harness solar energy from deserts in north Africa and the Middle East for European consumption, continues to make progress, with more high-profile backers getting behind the project

The 1 million square meter mega-site will include hotels, commercial office space and restaurants

Middle Eastern countries aiming to strengthen food security are increasingly looking to Africa, and a number of high-profile investors have signed food-related deals in the continent.

Spencer Anderson talks to the prime minister of Kurdistan about how the Iraqi region's links with Turkey and Iran are helping it set an example to the rest of the country when it comes to attracting investment

Against all the odds, including nearly losing his own life. The governor of Iraq's Al Anbar province tells Courtney Fingar why he will continue his fight to bring employment to the region

Sanctions have made it difficult for foreign firms to do business in Iran, but this has not stopped the country from striving to attract more investment through tax incentives and the opening up of its financial section, Spencer Anderson reports

Successful test cargo flights have been carried out at Dubai World City’s new Al Maktoum International Airport.

Angola and Bahrain have been two of the Middle East and Africa’s biggest recipients of FDI over the past few years, despite the global economic downturn.