SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA OFFERS ECONOMIC PROMISE, BUT FRAUD STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM
March 1st, 2009
BY STEVEN SWINDELLS and BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; and WACHIRA KIGOTHO, in Nairobi
WITH sub-Saharan Africa's mobile telecommunications sector growing healthily and its offshore oil sector showing signs of great promise in the short and medium term, the region - usually regarded as the world's poorest and least stable - could be a zone of stability during the global recession. As a result, major businesses are taking a fresh look at working in the region. As they do, law and order will continue to be a key concern, given the poor reputation of sub-Saharan ...
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