- Africa: in its annual report on investments in the world in 1999 (see EI of 5 October), Unctad (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) states that foreign direct investment flows (FDIs) amounted to $10 bn on that continent in 1999, against 8 bn the previous year, evolution following a general upward tendency recorded on that continent in the 90s. The report provides the following details: i) some 70% of FDIs to Africa are focussed on five countries alone: these are Angola...