Africa's attractiveness increases - Foreign direct investment in Africa has increased from 3.2% to 5.6% over the past five years, according to Ernst & Young's attractiveness survey. The survey was carried out in 2013 among 500 company CEOs from 38 countries. The report underlines the significant disparity of perceptions among companies that are already established in Africa and those that have not yet invested in the continent: 86% of CEOs already active in Africa believe that Africa's attractiveness as a business centre will continue to increase and described the continent as the second most attractive regional investment destination in the world. Only 47% of CEOs, however, not yet implanted in Africa, see any improvement and rank the continent as the least attractive investment destination in the world. On a regional basis, Morocco is the most attractive African country (20% put it in the top three and 8% in first place), Nigeria (also 20% in the top three and 6% in first place), Egypt (15% in the top three and 5% in first place) and Kenya (15% in the top three and 4% put it in first place). They represent the emerging regional polls for doing business in the different African regions. The report also reveals the Top 10 countries with the strongest growth in FDI between 2007 and 2012: Ghana in first place, followed by Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire. (IL/trans.fl)