{"id":278828,"date":"2019-06-13T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMicmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFmcmljYW5ld3MuY29tLzIwMTkvMDYvMTMvYWZyaWNhLTEzLXBlcmNlbnQtYm9vc3QtaW4tZmRpLWZsb3ctc291dGgtYWZyaWNhLWdoYW5hLWV0aGlvcGlhLWJpZy13aW5uZXJzL9IBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:32:03","slug":"unctad-said-african-foreign-investment-rose-while-ethiopia-stayed-east-africas-top-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/278828","title":{"rendered":"UNCTAD said African foreign investment rose while Ethiopia stayed East Africa\u2019s top destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2019 Africanews summarized UNCTAD\u2019s World Investment Report 2019, which found that foreign direct investment into Africa rose about 11 percent to $46 billion in 2018 even as investment into many rich economies fell, and that flows into sub-Saharan Africa climbed about 13 percent to $32 billion.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UNCTAD said African foreign investment rose while Ethiopia stayed East Africa\u2019s top destination\" \/>\n<p>UNCTAD said South Africa more than doubled inflows to about $5.3 billion, while Ethiopia remained East Africa\u2019s largest recipient even after an 18 percent decline to about $3.3 billion, and Ghana stayed a major West African destination near $3 billion despite a smaller dip.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as investment archive, the UNCTAD figures date how Ethiopia still led East African foreign investment in the 2018 data released in mid-2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2019\/06\/13\/africa-13-percent-boost-in-fdi-flow-south-africa-ghana-ethiopia-big-winners\/\">Africanews<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unctad.org\/news\/foreign-direct-investment-africa-defies-global-slump-rises-11\">UNCTAD<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa 13% boost in FDI flow: South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia big winners&nbsp;&nbsp;Africanews EnglishAfrica stands in sharp contrast to developed economies, which saw FDI inflows plunge 27% to their lowest level since 2004, the United Nations Conferenc&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":468257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=1280%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1axe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278828"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755146,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278828\/revisions\/755146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}