The Seychelles is the highest-ranked Sub-Sharan African country in the ranking on position #38 (regional rank #1), followed by Mauritius on rank #58 (#2), South Africa on rank #64 (#3), Namibia on rank #91 (#4), Botswana on rank #94 (#7) and Kenya on rank #96 (#8).
South Africa (regional ranking #3 - overall ranking #64)
- positive: natural resources, cultural resources, creative industries, many international fairs and exhibitions, infrastructure (air, road, rail), policy rules and regulations
- negative: safety and security, level of health and hygiene (incl. impact on human resources, workforce), increase of fuel prices, increase of ticket taxes, increase of airport charges
- positive: rich natural resources, focus on environmental sustainability, ground transport infrastructure
- negative: to costly & time comsuming to start a business, health & hygiene, human resource base
- positive: natural resources, price competitiveness, policy environment
- negative: Air Service Agreements not rewarded as open, much time is needed to start a business, transport infrastructure, information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, low hotel room concentration, limited presence of international car rental companies, low ATM density, health & hygiene (esp. health of workforce)
- positive: natural resources, tourism recognised as priority, strong focus on environmental sustainability,
- negative: policy environment (esp. property rights), high costs to start a business, infrastructure, human resource base, security situation
- Rwanda - regional #9 - overall #105
- Zambia - regional #11 - overall #108
- Tanzania - regional #12 - overall #109
- Uganda - regional #13 - overall #116
- Zimbabwe - regional #15 - overall #118
- Swaziland - regional #16 - overall #119
- Malawi - regional #19 - overall #124
- Mozambique - regional #20 - overall #125
- Madagascar - regional #26 - overall #131
- Lesotho - regional #27 - overall #135
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