The country also ranks first in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community area, according to the Investment Attractiveness Index on the continent in 2020.
According to the ranking of the Index of attractiveness of investments in Africa in 2020, made public by Africa CEO Forum and the firm Deloitte, Cameroon is in 17th place on the continent, reports the daily Le Jour on Tuesday 3 November 2020.
The country is also in the lead in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) zone, where Gabon comes in second, and is ranked 24th on the continental scale, followed by Congo, the Republic Central African (CAR), and Chad (all tied for 36th in Africa).
We note in the said ranking that it is more open for private investors to go to West Africa than to Central Africa. Moreover, Côte d’Ivoire is at the top of this ranking, and is the most attractive country in terms of private investment on the continent, as was already the case in 2019. It also does. of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) zone, an area favorable to private investment, which is represented in the top 10 of this ranking with two countries, in addition to Senegal.
Kenya ranks second in the ranking, followed by Ghana (3rd), Senegal (4th) Rwanda (5th), Ethiopia (6th), Nigeria (7th), Morocco (8th), Congo and from South Africa (10th). The least attractive countries this year are: Lesotho, Eritrea and Burundi.
