African Renaissance: Opportunities for Sri Lankan Companies

Sub-Saharan Africa has become one of the fastest growing regions in the world. The 1990’s was seen as the “lost decade” for the continent and Africa was written off as a basket case. Since then, there has been a “silent revolution” (Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director of the IMF). Conflict has abated, the macroeconomic policy framework has been strengthened and the investment climate has improved.