China lowered its 2015 growth projections to “around 7 percent” on 5 March - the slowest rate in 24 years - amid fears that a slowdown in the Asian powerhouse could dampen economic ties with Africa.

Egypt’s iconic Suez Canal is getting an upgrade - and the Egyptian people are footing the bill. The canal, which cuts from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and is one of the great axes of global trade, and is a point of national pride for Egyptians. Egypt’s cash strapped government is capitalising on this sense of national ownership in order to fund the first stage of the project through the sale of investment certificates. 

As the 3D printing industry gains traction across the world, entrepreneurs all over Africa are coming up with 3D printers and 3D printed innovations of their own.

SAB Miller, the world’s second largest brewing company, will adopt a new strategy targeting low income consumers in Africa.

Inward FDI into Mozambique has shown year-on-year growth between 2009 and 2014.

For a continent with 54 countries, it is not unusual for Africa to see multiple elections in the average year. However, 2015 is set be “remarkably stacked”, according to analysis from South Africa’s Standard Bank, with nearly one in three countries across the region headed for major parliamentary or presidential polls.

Kuwait's new FDI law aims to facilitate investment with the creation of a body that will oversee FDI into the country, cutting time and costs for investors. 

Heavy flooding in central Mozambique has proved a setback for two of the country’s newest special economic zones. 

As Nigerians prepare to go to the polls, fDi talks to pundits on what the different outcomes might mean for foreign investment in the country.

Concern about the impact of Nigeria’s postponed elections on FDI is being tempered by optimism.