Improving business environment

According to the World Bank’s 2018 Ease of Doing Business report, Sub-Saharan Africa adopted 83 reforms in 2017, the most by any region in a single year since the report began

Since 2003, Rwanda’s economy has made the greatest improvement globally while as a region Sub-Saharan Africa’s 798 reforms is the highest of any region

That said, the region continues to suffer from a lack of adequate infrastructure but that s not to say it isn t being addressed

According to BMI Research, there are more than 2,700 major infrastructure projects that have been recently completed, are underway or at an advanced stage of planning across 50 African countries

These include transportation projects bringing in railways roads ports and airports, as well as energy generation and transmission

Commercial infrastructure including shopping malls industrial space and hotels are also taking shape, and could go towards improving productivity and reducing costs of businesses